I am constantly telling this audience that almost ALL of our problems as a country could be solved by an HONEST MONEY SYSTEM. This is hard for most people to believe because money is just ever-present and they don't fully understand how it works. They also just assume because we're America, we must be doing what we're doing because it is what a free society does. The newest book in the Trilogy of books by Saifedean Ammous examines what the 20th Century might have looked like under a Gold Standard. It is a fascinating thought experiment and under the direction of Ammous, it tends to highlight just how much of our wealth has been stolen by governments and their FIAT MONEY.
Saifedean Ammous Speech at Bitcoin 2025 - The Gold Standard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3eDDQaqLnY&t=78s