It is just a matter of time. We will be returning to a gold standard. Do they wake up and do it BEFORE hyperinflation wipes out everyone and destroys the system or do they wait until AFTER that happens and they implement it in the aftermath of a chaotic collapse? This is how it gets started. First one of the regional Fed banks issues a research paper as a trial balloon. It will be rejected by some and considered and discussed by others. Let’s see how well it is or isn’t received. https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/monetary-policy/7961027/switch-to-gold-standard-could-stabilise-prices-philadelphia-fed-research