 and destroyed this once great nation, beginning with Nixon's decision to take the USA off the gold standard in 1971. Since then, the mass money printing has gutted America's industry, created generations of entitlements, concentrations of power in the hands of corrupt government officials, and leading to the global weaponization of the dollar against the rest of the world, as we've seen and as we're starting to see, which has ultimately led to, I believe, the development of the BRICS nations.