What is often missing in these discussions is a deeper recognition that money is not simply a neutral measuring stick across time. It is a living system subject to political decisions structural changes and cultural context. Trying to draw a straight line between shillings in 1843 and dollars in 2025 inevitably collapses under the weight of everything that has changed in between.

But that's only because money was politicized by socialists. One Bitcoin still has purchasing power in 2208, so now, money really can be a neutral measuring stick. We fixed the problem.