Gold

a person's word was "gold" : they meant what was said and said what they meant and one could count in a "gentlemen's aagreement"  if there was larger stakes a written agreement was entered and honored. a system was established to enforce the rare case of non compliance. a person would not want a reputation or circumstances of crimanal proportians. a person valued their gold of word and deed and had a concious that self managed in order of self value self preservation and virtue. if an individual did not the system imposed so. when the system does not and is outmanipulated by the manipulator is all value lost for those who operate by golden rule?