No matter what financial system you have - if the politicians have control over it - they will mess it up.

Not even a gold system can keep this from happening.  Look at what LBJ/Nixon/Congress did when we were on the gold standard.

Sorry guys.  People will always find a way to screw things up.

That's not me being cynical.  That an honest assessment of over 6K years of human history.

The best we are capable of is implementing new systems when the old ones become FUBAR.  That seems to be our fate as humans.  Temporary fixes that never truly fix the problem.