Originally Posted by DogJuiceMan

With the dollar losing 99% of its value since decoupling from gold in the wake of the disastrous Vietnam War defeat i think for anyone it's sensible to hold value outside the dollar system.

Especially nowaday with yet another credit rating decline and nobody is actually willing to solve the problem. Nobody wants the difficult times, but we need difficult times to give future generations a better life. Can't grow without challenges. Thanks a lot boomers, you wrecked the nation.

I also don't like how payment processors and banks and other entities are all too willing to screw customers over. Look up PayPal for what they do to people. This is why I don't use corporate banks, I don't like them, I don't trust them.

Wells Fargo gets caught in a major scandal every decade it seems. Why they don't get shattered into regional banks is beyond me. Chase bank routinely locks up customer money because something internally flagged them but somehow cartels have no issues.

Crypto also had issues but the worst is how they've all but banned monero. That's how you know the coin is too good, because it makes financial transactions private again. Every card swipe is recorded cataloged and used to generate more data on you. All this cash back bullshit and lame points and miles gets under my skin. No I'm not going to pay $300 a year for your lame card with "benefits". Our civilization is a joke.