Gold is a long-term store of value. Its use as money is well-documented. Gold is beautiful, and its use as jewelry and adornment adds to its attraction.
This fearlessness, courage, and heroism applied even in Rothbard's political analysis. He was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. nuclear buildup and militarization during the Cold War.
Given the way the U.S. government and its central bank have abused the fiat dollar, relentlessly inflating away its value, it appears the Seminole instincts were right.
The abandonment of liberty because fear drives people to trust government promises of safety is a phenomenon we have witnessed several times this century.
