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by fny 1886 days ago
> No country or central government decides how much gold is worth

This is true today. It was not true in the US 50 years ago. It does not need to be true tomorrow.

The government can put ceilings and floors in the price of all things just as easily as Turkey banned crypto.

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> The government can put ceilings and floors in the price of all things

and see how Venezuela fared when they tried to control their official currency exchange to the USD.