returning to a gold or silver money standard wouldnt be the easiest thing to do.. but its doable.. It can be gradually done..
The important thing IMO is that having gold or silver in one's money is the ultimate protector of property rights.
Listen. The gold/silver standard is also a scam. One? Who audits it to see how much gold there really is? This scam has been used for millenniums.
This is why paper money should be abolished completely. Money should actually be made of gold, silver, copper, nickel, jewel, gems, precious stones ect....(based on actual trade of valuables). Not worthless paper.
This would only be a problem when dealing with large purchases. Which would be settled through legal documentation and deliverance of valuables. As in the old and days, and to a degree still is).
I have 1billion dollars of gold. I make 1billion dollars worth of notes. I employ you and give you notes, but I ALWAYS maintain the true wealth. Your paper is worth something if I say it is. My gold is ALWAYS worth something because gold has ALWAYS been in demand.
Someone robs that gold or moves it elsewhere and your currency becomes useless. It no longer has anything to back it.Unless people think it is valuable.
And the gold owner can set up another economy using the same gold. Next thing you know, you have all this useless money around.
I also do not support a GDP based currency since there is no way of verifying total production accurately. And the fact that many products depreciate in value very quickly if not sold right away.
The problem with today's system is it leaves too many doors open to fraud and corruption. Sure it could work if you put someone honest and incorruptible but what are the odds of this happening?
What have the people in charge of the economic system done today?
Basically whatever it takes to make a buck, no mater how immoral. This is the problem. This is how they increase their wealth and keep the public subdued at the same time.
I know quite a few socialists/communists, even far left liberals who will talk about gold having no intrinsic value.. that gold = little pink sea shells as far as theyre concerned, etc..
GOLD has been sought after for millenniums by many people. Thus it is valuable. Pink sea shells are not.
But the big rich guys dont play that game.. Theyll trade you little pink sea shells for gold all day long. Meanwhile they are acquiring homes, property, gold, etc.. and people are getting thrown out of their homes.
EXACTLY!!!