• thepompe@ttrpg.network
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    8 months ago

    I’m sorry, what? Gold has value regardless of if there’s a government backing it or not. That’s the entire point of investing in it, as a buffer for when fiat loses its value.

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      8 months ago

      What value? Can’t eat it, makes shitty tools. It’s shiny, but I’m not going to trade ny potatoes for shiny in a survival situation.

      You can starve sitting on a pile of gold.

      For gold to be valuable you still need social stability.

        • dickalan@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          What uses gold when you’re buying/selling potatoes, nobody will think gold is worth anything if society has collapsed it’s just a useless hunk of metal