From sea shells to horses value has been decided to be in many various forms. In our modern society where is the value placed as an exchange medium? Paper, fiat currency, bonds, treasury bills, stocks, paper or now pixels on a computer screen that are an illusion of reality. Digital "money" is illusion. So now we hear about stable coins, more digital illusion and even further tokens. So what are they really worth to you?
So what will hold value in a world of financial chaos when paper currency, bonds, stocks etc? We look into the future a bit and we see the social democrats of America will claim that they will create a society of equality. UM! So is Bernie Sanders going to give up his two extra houses and give them up smiling at the new occupants from some nation that hates America and are happy to accept anything offered to them that socialist are happy to take from someone they deem wealthy. But who made them the power to decide how people will live their lives? In America at this very moment we live in a society where political bobble heads promise the people affordable or free whatever they promise, yet, they never delivery because the system is corrupt to the very core of the idea of elected officials serving the NATION and its PEOPLE. Though they can spend trillions on war or NATO/UN/NGO's none of them seem to care as they kick the problem down the road for the next liar who is happy spew their fantasy.
Paper burns, digits disappear, gold and silver are still around after thousands of years. SO WHAT IS MONEY?
Scott Bassent the US Treasury Secretary helped George Soros bankrupt England and now he is going to help save the US Financial System. Really? At what cost?
Paper is worshiped and gold is called a worthless rock and yet the worthless rock has been around for all time and paper currency is always destroyed as it returns to its intrinsic value of zero as Voltaire stated.
Ask yourself are those digital digits or paper bills truly going to last through the test of time.