> there is no way the market keeps going up.

There is no way the US’s leaders let the prices of publicly traded securities go down or even stagnate relative to the US dollar. These publicly traded securities make up a significant portion of the US leaders’ and most active voters’ assets, plus almost all state and local US governments depend on the securities’ price growth to meet their deferred compensation obligations.

The alternative to risk in US securities isn’t the USD, it’s a stake in other stable countries with resources.