Gold holds a lot more value than that, being the only currency that doesn’t degrade or tarnish over time

Then you wouldn’t have anything but the rapidly depreciating asset known as food.

You know most people in China have unrestricted internet access, right? It’s the equivalent of a couple bucks USD a year for a cheap VPN, and it’s not a criminal infraction to bypass the country’s default restrictions.

People still think China isn’t a democracy or Cuba is under a military dictatorship… The US is the undisputed master of disinformation and propaganda.