[–] 17775536? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes, actual gold comes out of the ground.
But that's not what the gold standard is. The gold standard means paper notes (IOUs) that you are forced by law to recognize as being "good as gold". But they've proven repeatedly not to be.
As I said, the Fed/gov defaulted on the gold standard not once, but twice. And that's just in the last century or so. I'm not going to spell this out for you. Research the history of money. Paper is a con, even if they promise it's backed by something.