🚨 THE BIGGEST MONEY ILLUSION IN HISTORY
Paper money was never meant to be money.
It was a receipt. 🧾
You deposited gold at the bank.
They gave you a note saying:
“This can be redeemed for X amount of gold.”
That’s it.
The paper had no value.
🥇 The gold did.
The paper just made trade easier.
For centuries, currencies were backed by something real:
🇬🇧 British Pound
🇫🇷 French Franc
🇺🇸 U.S. Dollar
Then governments realized something…
If people trust the paper,
they won’t ask for the gold. 👀
So they printed a little extra.
Then a little more.
Then… a lot more. 🖨️💸
When too many people started asking questions?
They didn’t fix it.
They closed the gold window.
“Temporary,” they said.
That was 55 years ago.
Today, the dollar is backed by one thing:
👉 Trust.
And that trust has erased over 97% of purchasing power.
The receipt became the money.
Promises replaced assets.
Value became optional.
Modern money isn’t broken by accident.
It works exactly as designed.
Think about that. 🤯
