Who Pays the Price For Power?

A Wealth Matters 3.0 Deep Dive on Currency Debasement, War, and the Erosion of Liberty with a Strategy for Maintaining Personal Agency and Avoiding Wealth Destruction.

TL:DR How governments devalue money and freedom through inflation and complex legislation, and what you can do to defend against it.

Introduction:

Currency debasement has long been a tool used by governments to manage financial challenges, often at the expense of economic stability and individual liberty. Throughout history, leaders have devalued currency to fund wars, public projects, and other state expenditures without raising taxes—a politically unpopular move. However, the consequences of debasement have frequently led to inflation (the hidden tax that we all pay), economic instability, and a loss of trust in government, creating conditions ripe for social unrest and even the rise of authoritarian regimes.

This issue of Wealth Matters 3.0 explores the historical practice of debasement, the socio-economic impacts that emerge from it, and seeks to empower you with the ways you can protect yourself in today's environment of fiat currency and reserve currency manipulation.

Historical C…