I'm sorry- I am happy to respond to specific questions from the above but nearly every single sentence is a factual/historical misrepresentation, and the langua

I'm sorry- I am happy to respond to specific questions from the above but nearly every single sentence is a factual/historical misrepresentation, and the language/terminology ("fiat-based", "backed by gold", "yet everyone legally obliged to accept it") is that of someone who has a particular religious view of money (maybe a "goldbug") that may have its own philosophical consistency but...is...just...completely...ahistorical. Money is a much more interesting topic that goldbugs give it...um...credit for. There is another recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22573204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22573204 that has a lot of pointers to good resources from which to begin the discovery process.