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There's a huge difference, which makes flow of money controllable: The US Government (with the fed) can change the value and availability of money, and they do it constantly. The US can decide, tomorrow, to inflate or deflate the USD, and by fiat, it will happen.

Willing drugs in or our of existence cannot be similarly done.

Attempting to control the flow of "value store" might be unwinnable - but if you look you'll see gold is actually very tightly controlled, so maybe it is winnable. Just try to get a gold bar delivered - you're in for a big surprise about how free the market is (or isn't)



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