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does a perfectly scarce deflationary asset (grows in value over time) have any social/geopolitical value? e.g. a True Family Heirloom that grows more powerful over time and is passed from generation to generation

traditionally this has been gold. a diamond ring is seen often in pop culture but that might just be debeers marketing

these heirlooms are like stored sacred forms of energy. they are extracted from cold storage, their pedestal of worship, and utilized only in extreme conditions.

from a state perspective, this allows the population to become a decentralized militia at will while this seems “bad” it is actually the purified ideal of “the right to bear arms”

this right is ridiculous from the perspective of most. y would u want ur people to be armed and pose a threat against you? it creates both a political threat as well as disruptive social threats like shootings yet for some reason it is enshrined in the u.s. constitution

the benefit seems to be that it forces “servant leadership” and does not FORCE followership. if leaders have to be good leaders to actually lead, then good leaders are produced just like the brutal restaurant industry of manhattan forces decent restaurants

it is also an acknowledgement of the corruptibility of centralized systems and perhaps the hooman heart as well

the opposite of a deflationary asset is one that rots over time, one that begs to be used as a commodity rather than something sacred