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No, I don’t. Gold doesn’t have an army, and it was the currency of the world for centuries.
by scoofy 1y ago
No, I don’t. Gold doesn’t have an army, and it was the currency of the world for centuries.
- transcriptase 1y agoUntil the nation holding the most gold and the biggest stick decided it wasn’t. Care to guess who that was, and what it was replaced with?
- scoofy 1y agoYou’re the one arguing it must be this way. I’m just saying there are functional alternatives. When you have a powerful trading partner, by all means, use their currency. When they start threatening debasement or default, there are alternatives.