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This isn’t actually true. In the US, housing has outpaced the value of gold.

In 2023, you would need 254.7 ounces of gold to buy a house, since $495,100 avg home / $1,943 price of gold = 254.7

In 1920, you would need 164.1 ounces of gold to buy a house, since $3,395 avg home / $20.67 price of gold = 164.1.

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Fuck, even the gold isn’t safe.

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Gold isn’t terribly useful as a metal. Sure it’s valuable but mostly because people see it as valuable and perceptions can change.

Everyone needs a place to live and on top of that land can be used for making money even if land itself isn’t as lucrative.

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If they produce mass H2 burning cells gold and platinum will rise in price drastically

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And let‘s not forget that the average home in 1920 was way more modest than today‘s average home.

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