well it is a bit like that, but it also has real world uses, electronics, it's antiseptic, and probably many other things, but in past, mostly because it was rare and looked noice
heinrich5991
your bank account is insured up to 100,000€ in europe, I think
but the banking crisis doesnt affect people most through losing money at the bank, but more through trickling down from hurting companies down to the employees iirc