RE:RE:RE:RE:all the metalsThe Germans didn't think it was a good indicator either right before the Weimar Republic. They were an economic powerhouse at the time. It eventually took a wheelbarrrow full of cash to buy a loaf of bread.
Matter of time. All empires fade with time. Living in the US--I think we are definitely there. How quickly the unraveling happens further is an unknown.
95% of the world's population is eventually going to say the hell with the dollar of 5% of the population when it isnt backed by anything. Maybe not.