Just 2008 with its subprime mortgage crisis maelstrom hitting everywhere surprisingly didn't affect the value of gold much. It was the subsequent rounds of quantitative easings that actually doubled its value. But it was not real growth as this growth was primarily based on expectations and anticipation of future devaluation of the US dollar due to monetary policies of the Fed back in the day. But when the dollar devaluation didn't occur, the gold value quickly returned to its baseline levels. In a nutshell, it turned out an overall false expectation, and the only way you could earn money was through speculation, which meant selling gold at 2011 highs. Those who invested in gold for long term didn't get much (if we include dollar inflation into consideration).
Anyway you look at it, 2008 resulted in a de facto devaluation of the dollar against gold.
If you have power, it sounds good on the surface. But you're in effect fighting against all those who held power in the past. The incentives of the modern world system encourages the powerful to kick all cans down the road (especially in the monetary and financial realm.) Most of your power will be spent countering the effects of the actions of your predecessors.
And how does it take anything from what I said about power being the most valuable asset in society? Indeed, people will be fighting for it precisely because it has so much value. If it didn't, who would care?
Since we were talking about financial assets, power doesn't really belong in the mix. It's like saying your job is your most valuable asset. It is, but so what?
Also, the price of acquiring power is vastly different from one person to the next. To the vast majority, power is simply not accessible. Financial assets are.
Power is not all it's cracked up to be, because it's constantly being weakened by kicking cans down the road, as I mentioned. This 'depreciating value of power' is the reason why, until a great reset happens, the caliber of the people in power will keep getting worse.
All of this goes to saying, at a certain point, a great reset is bound to happen, since the incentives in the system mean that power will slowly eat itself alive.