Sure, and I can try paying for gas with gold but at some point I’m forced to do what the herd is doing, and the herd doesn’t care about arguments of “sound mone

Sure, and I can try paying for gas with gold but at some point I’m forced to do what the herd is doing, and the herd doesn’t care about arguments of “sound money”, they’ll just follow whatever monetary policy the ruling class decides is best. The herd coming into Bitcoin as we speak implies a weakening of its founding values.