Fiat currencies (like the $) might be the ultimate secret monopolies.
If you had to choose a store of value, would you choose:
- Fiat currency where the supply (and price) is determined by a group of people making subjective decisions
- Gold, where the supply is constrained by physics and chemistry.
- Bitcoin, where the supply is algorithmically determined and programmatically enforced.
Oh wait, you cannot choose. The controllers of fiat currency regulate banks. And banks are not allowed to let you save in Gold or Bitcoin.