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I could not be trusted with this power. I would rather tank the gold standard than be rich.
Gold is a very useful metal, and I would like it to be as cheap as aluminum. There are so many things you could do with a metal with great conductivity and chemical resistance. Currently, high price is preventing us from building all sorts of things out of it.
So, if you’re ever get the chance to turn worthless trash into gold, you should go for it.
Why? The world will just move to a different standard, and although it would hurt rich people it also likely would cause a ton of problems for regular folk too
Will it though? There are far to many egregiously wealthy people on our current monetary standard, we dont seem to be moving on. I will happily pay someone in leaves though.
The only way I can see gold becoming cheap being a problem for me is due to it being a problem for rich people and them making it my problem.
Yeah exactly.
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