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by NTDF9 3755 days ago
This.

Coming from a line of ancestors in India who basically lived a primitive lifestyle until 1950s, I have the knowledge passed down.

Gold is durable. It will last for generations. In a world without digital currency and modern safeguards, real wealth used to be: - Land - House - Cattle - Slaves - Stuff

None of the above (besides land) was durable for multiple decades (or even generations)

So, they created whole social systems around gold, preservation and transfer.