"I don't believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can't take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can't stop." - F.A. Hayek 1984

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F.A. Hayek suggested that good money could only be reinstated by removing control from governments, not through violent means but by introducing something unpreventable by them. This idea is contextualized around significant economic events from 1971.

WTF Happened in 1971?

USD stopped being backed by gold, that’s what happened

Just going to leave <a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">this</a> here.

Quoting Hayek is such a chad move!
“I don’t believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can’t take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can’t stop.” – F.A. Hayek 1984