On the other hand, it’s not like the world is ending. It’s quite frankly just the most viable alternative for whenever the global reserve currency becomes uncertain. They’re not trying to survive a literal humanity-wiping zombie virus, they’re making sure they can pay their debts when one of the world’s largest superpowers is suddenly violently swept off the map lol

And any historian or economist won’t be remotely surprised, because it quite literally happens all the time.