Inflation in the economy changes your money's purchasing power from strong to weak.
From solid earth to quicksand.
Imagine building a society on ground that slowly turns to quicksand.
U.S. monetary history...
–> 1913: Creation of the Federal Reserve
–> 1933: Abandonment of the Gold Standard for U.S. Dollars
–> 1971: President Nixon ended the convertibility of dollars to gold for foreign governments