nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak , in The Bitcoin Standard, expands this critique by arguing that socialism is inseparable from the system of fiat money. According to him, the abandonment of sound money empowers governments to finance socialist policies through inflation and debt, masking the real costs of collectivism. Fiat money, in his view, is the lifeblood of socialism: it enables endless redistribution, fuels envy by punishing savers and rewarding debtors, and corrodes the cultural foundations of civilization. For Ammous, true resistance to socialism is not only intellectual but monetary: only with hard money, such as gold in the past or Bitcoin today, can society preserve freedom, responsibility, and prosperity.