For something to have true value, it must be limited in supply and also people must have a common agreement that it is valuable. Money used to be like this bef

For something to have true value, it must be limited in supply and also people must have a common agreement that it is valuable. Money used to be like this before the Gold Standard was removed. When that happened, money lost its true value. Off course, money people could get creative then. Now the whole system relies on the population simply "believing" that fictional and unlimited entities (dollars) are valuable. Side Note: The reason why humanity has chosen gold to obsess over as an ultimate form of money, is not relevant to the fact that it has been, is, and always will be. See: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-china-and-russia-are-buying-so-much-gold-2016-08-01 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-china-and-russia-are-b..., for one of numerous reports of governments buying up as much gold as they can.