The Penny Is Dead — and So Is the Illusion of a Stable Dollar

The Death of the Penny Isn’t Just Sentimental—It’s Strategic The U.S. Mint has officially stopped minting pennies after 232 years. On the surface, this looks like a practical decision: we have more than 300 billion pennies floating around, and producing each one costs more than it’s worth. But if you stop there, you’re missing the deeper threat. This isn’t just a cost issue. It’s a signpost—one more warning flare in the night sky—of where the global financial system is headed: full-spectrum digitization, centralization, and surveillance. As Roger Stone rightly points out, a penny used to buy something. In fact, it once bought a mile of train travel. It helped fund social movements. It was part of everyday commerce in a…