Gold HAS to work. It HAS to serve as a store of value or the value will be lost in the masses and redistributed.
Oh I forgot your wishful thinking overrules reality.
The gold serves only to back the currency
if the gold backs the currency then the amount of currency is limited by the amount of gold. You can't have $6 worth of currency backed by $3 worth of gold. This is what Percy is saying.
It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds
soon I discovered that this rock thing was true
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world
And so there was only one thing I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry
Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan
Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good
If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On
*not an actual doctor