We might not be same, but gold has done its job for millennia. However, in the past 40 years bankers have changed the rules of the game. And allowed the price of metals to be manipulated. Bankers have found the right financial instruments to suppress the price of metals. For the example the silver is 1/5 of price of the 80s inflation adjusted price. Even with mining technology exponentially increasing the efficiency for more supply of silver. It stills has not keep up with demand for the silver. We need more silver today than in the 80s, yet it’s 1/5 of the price.