• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    When people “wake up” and trade their paper for shiny metals with no real inherent value beyond maybe industrial uses.

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      Shiny metals have had value to men for the entirety of recorded history and across societies, perhaps originating in their desirability for jewelry, for which they are still in significant demand today. They have been used as money more or less since the advent of money.