From Israel's right to exist to climate change, from American world leadership to genetically modified crops, the Left has maintained that the "international community" is the only body qualified to judge the truth, lawfulness, goodnessand justice of all things.
Thank goodness for gold always telling the truth, and for those who doubt its constancy as a measure of value, an ounce in 1971 bought 15 barrels of oil, and an ounce today buys a little over 16.