A lot of shit went down over that period.
But you seem upset by QE in general. It seems to upset a lot of people, possibly because the Fed created a lot of money, but that's what central banks do, they create and destroy money. It's really not that much of a big deal. People lose sight of the fact that money is an abstraction and not something concrete.
That is a choice we have made. Historically it hasn’t been that way.
Even if it were true, inflation makes the whole issue moot. Money is only worth what it will buy, so it is at the mercy of prices.
Finally money depends on people's collective acceptance of it. No point in holding gold if people lose confidence in gold, for instance if people start producing convincing fakes. How does the average person verify gold? It almost always goes back to trusting some central authority.