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Tsalagi:
As long as I have my bow, my shotgun, and my wife's foraging/gathering prowess, we won't go hungry. That's the most important thing: eating.  We've never had much cash anyway.  Interesting thing about conspicuous wealth in a crisis (or after one). Tends to make you a conspicuous target.

Another thing, if we have a crisis at this stage that negates the value of currency, you might not see gold become valuable again in your lifetime. Or you might not live long enough to see it. "Gee, wish I used my money to buy ammo and arrow-building supplies. This gold just isn't edible." By the way, know what a pound of gold sells for during a famine? A slice of bread.

Not trying to defecate on your riff here, but if I'm advising anyone to buy anything for some impending crisis, it'll be dried food, ammunition, and arrow-making supplies. Bows, being quiet, will be worth their weight in, well, not gold, but flour. Or black pepper. Or salt, in some cases.

See, here's the thing about wealth. If I have a full belly, a warm fire, and shelter and can acquire those things, I am already wealthy. If I can do that in a crisis, I'm rich beyond belief.

Tsalagi:
Deleted by popular demand.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

zenmonkeyman:
Hunting and gathering is great when you're the only one in the woods.  Now imagine every American in the bush, many with attitudes to go with their guns.  That squirrel you shot might be "conspicuous wealth" that could get you killed.  That berry you picked might be from somebody else's "territory".  There's no one thing that will get anybody through, but a good start would be:

Bullion
Weapons
Well-hidden caches
Tradeable goods
A chicken coop
A rabbit hutch
Knowledge of food preservation
As big a garden as you can manage, or better yet:  several gardens hidden far off all beaten paths
And number 1:  A tight group of real friends.  Strength in numbers.

Tsalagi:
Well, I'm not sure about anyone else, but I'm not going to spend my hard-earned money on gold. Same reason I don't buy stocks. The people advocating buying gold are usually the ones selling it.

zenmonkeyman:
Well, I hope you base your strong opinion on lots of research and not just a knee-jerk "Remember 1980!" reaction.  Because this isn't 1979 we're living in, it's 1929.  Anybody who wants a list of links to explore can PM me and I'll pass them on.

And here's an assignment for anybody who's up for some homework:  Check out how much cash the fed has printed in the last few years to give to banksters and other Ponzi fraudsters.  Then ask yourself why you're working hard for the same paper.  Then look up how much gold the fed has printed.  My money is in metal precisely BECAUSE it was hard earned.  Metal can't be printed into worthlessness.

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