Dystopian fantasy's
As Falcon X Enterprise 1701 approaches the first Trillion dollar venture into the cold vacuums of space, it's thrusters hiss at it's final approach to the surface. The ravages of deep space show scars unto a golden terrain.
Finally the world's Elite will have more than enough AU to even treat the peasants with golden toilets.
In an opposite scenario the world could collapse in population and the amount of already above ground gold and silver would more than likely make it more abundant and therefore worth less.
I once was told the greatest commodity any country has is it's population. It seems odd this day that it feels the total opposite. A collapsing economy is easier to deal with if you didn't have to deal with local population.
Sometimes just feels like gansta cronyism is using socialism as a means for public control. They of course have gathered the money and resources to tell people what is best for them. If they wanted they could just ban gold or silver punishable by death.
All problems seem to go away with punishable by death.
Deflation destroys anyone who holds debt. Inflation will destroy whoever holds bank notes.
What's the Difference?
Right now nobody is landing on an asteroid and mining anything at the moment.
Can't wait for that AAA water but how many bank fiat notes will you need?