Any society who's life energy is repaid or rewarded by a currency which is controlled by a small power and can be debased, creates the atrocities you mentioned. So, yes.

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That was all on a gold standard, but you're right that there was always debasement, even on a gold standard. I just don't think that caused these things

I think you're both right.

Fiat monopoly money allowed the bad people to become worse for longer.