The gold standard was a major source of grief all during the 1700s and 1800s. It will destroy any nation stupid enough to re-implement it at this juncture.
You are confusing gold and government, although I admit that they both begin with “g”.
--and into the 1900's to. My dad was a small child back then on a failing farm. He told me about how it got so bad that keeping the family fed meant the pigs went hungry. People tend to forget what double digit deflation can means.