Unlike the 1980 bullion bull market, this 21st Century version is on a truly global in scale.
As well, historic gold prices (and subsequently historic silver prices) have been systematically suppressed for many decades now.
Both of these statements can easily be verified using gold and silver price data throughout this full fiat currency era, from 1971 to 2018.
The following video clip and associated silver and gold price charts from 15:41 to 23:17 covers these claims. Note the low western gold silver price trading biases versus the climbing eastern gold silver price biases, especially over more recent decades.