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They print paper silver and paper gold to manipulate the price downward. This serves several purposes. It keeps the government labeled 'strategic metal' affordable for industrial application, while at the same time allowing them to gatekeep delivery of large amounts through the bottleneck of the Comex. If they don't want you to take delivery of a large amount of silver, you're not getting delivery. It also serves as a mental psyop against hard money, and keeps the population focused toward the fiat USD as the core unit of transaction.