it's OK tho, when LN comes out fee will go right back to 1cent, because it will relieve a lot of pressure from the blockchain
LN is designed to improve scaling. Fee reductions are just a consequence of being able to conduct more transactions.
Remember how the US$ got bootstrapped? the Gold Standard?
Gold standard's long gone.
People still use
yeah... and because of it we amaericans have to pay #abusivehightaxes
Nonsense. Abusive taxes can (and were) charged long before the end of gold standard. [Britain's] Abusive taxes were the justification for the American revolution, remember?