Fun fact: Musk’s grandfather owned an emerald mine… the original fiat asset.

HOW PRECIOUS STONES PLAYED THE SAME GAME AS FIAT

✅ 1. Emeralds = Proto-Dollars

No intrinsic value: Worth only because tribes/kings said so (sound familiar?)

Easy to manipulate: Fake gems, inflated scarcity (ancient fractional reserve)

Elite control: Like modern banks, only rulers mined/traded them

✅ 2. The Musk Family Legacy

Grandpa Musk’s mine: Funded apartheid-era exploits (state-backed privilege)

Elon’s empire: Same playbook (gov subsidies, centralized control)

Bitcoin contrast: No blood diamonds, no rulers, no fake scarcity