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It's meaningless to say that the value of a dollar has been destroyed, because a dollar does not have a value. It is merely a unit for denominating, measuring, and comparing value. Only actual assets have value, like gold, or real estate, or companies.

That the size of the unit has changed over time does not mean than any value has been destroyed. It's like saying that the creation of the centimeter destroyed the length of the inch.



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