There are two key things to remember about Fort Knox:

#1. Most of the gold was stolen—confiscated from private citizens by government decree in the 1930s and locked away under the pretense of economic stability.

#2. There has never been a full, independent audit to confirm what’s actually inside the vaults. Is the gold the US government claims to have really there, or is all the security just a Wizard of Oz-style illusion designed to uphold confidence in the monetary system?

Rather than the ultimate symbol of security, Fort Knox is more accurately the ultimate symbol of government theft and deception.