It absolutely is controlled[0], just perhaps not controlled in a way you would personally like.

(Also, I recommend you quit it with the "USistan" stuff. It comes off as childish and detracts from the point you're making.)

[0] Maybe "strongly influenced" is a better framing when talking about the Fed.

I am beyond sick of this Libertarian lie that has somehow gone mainstream. The Federal Reserve is audited bi-annually by both a public and private commission

https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed35.html

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_12784.htm

In regards to your first point, inflation is targeted at ~2.5% a year. Some years do better and some do worse but on average that is the inflation rate. I challenge you to look at the inflation rates (provided below) in the first half of last century and provide a reasoned argument for why having years with +16% inflation (and years with -10% inflation) is a better system of currency than what we have now where people freak out if the deviation is over 2%. The gold standard provided a volatility that only hurt those with less money, and the argument your making is a fallacy (and is the reason I left the Libertarian party four years ago.)

https://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/Historica...