💰 The Brutal Truth About Money—It’s All Made Up 🏦🔥 In Margin Call (2011), John Tuld (Jeremy Irons) drops a line that hits harder the more you think about it: 👉 “It’s just money; it’s made up.” And he’s right. Money today isn’t backed by gold, silver, or any tangible asset. Since 1971, when the U.S. ditched the gold standard, our entire financial system runs on belief—a collective trust in printed paper and numbers on a screen. Governments can print it endlessly. Markets rise and fall on perc