@dubbub @brigrammer @TrevorGoodchild @Hertz @BattleDwarfGimli @PraxisOfEvil @sickburnbro The only thing the Yen is tied to is goods that Japan can produce as they just live on a bunch barely arable rocks.

The gold standard isn't needed if the government is disciplined and conversely if the government isn't disciplined, it does nothing, i.e. what you, well *we*, want is less a gold standard, than a government that can be run on a gold standard.