The dollar.

The American dollar is an illusion that runs on faith and has no real value. Comments?

Currency is the Schroedinger's Cat of economics.

Yes, but when you open the box, there's no cat.

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True but so are all other Western currencies. The US still has the highest gold reserves of any country.

Even gold-backed money is based on trust in some ways. In times of crisis the government can simply change the law to stop people changing paper money to gold, as has been done many times in history.

If your paranoid about this then hoard gold or some other scare resource.

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I thought it was against the law to possess gold in quantity.

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That was true until Ft. Knox got emptied.

It didn't?  Ask for a look.

the dollar isn't backed by gold, because you can't trade your dollars for gold.  Eat it, pussy.

Drrr, Yo monies is backed by golds we don't haves.  Welcome to the new world.

You can buy gold/silver coins.  That's what I did.