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Gold has been used as a store of value for bascially all of recorded human civilization. Sheep get sick and die, and you have to feed them.

• netsharc 9mo ago
  Civilization has had a habitable planet for the entirity of its run. When food and water are scarce, what good will metal do? Yeah, when food and water are scarce, rearing sheep will be hard too.
  • olyjohn 9mo ago
    Also what are you going to do when your tiny gold coin is worth thousands of dollars? Shave off tiny flakes of it and trade it for eggs?
    • netsharc 9mo ago
      You could write on a piece of paper that says you promise to give the bearer of that paper gold of the equivalent value..