Look it is a losing cause. If “chaos” reigns you are right. If chaos doesn’t reign you are right because chaos will rein.
Tell you what, you go ahead and shut down your 401k, like you urged everyone to do back in your original post, and convert all your cash to precious metals. In the meantime find any and every link you can calling for imminent collapse, and hide in the bunker every night watching and waiting. I will go on taking my kids to the park, not convert every asset to gold, continue to take advantage of what I see are strong opportunities to make money, and pretty much enjoy my life as best I can. Yes I am wary and concerned but honestly I think one can balance that concern with levity.
Perhaps getting so obsessed with something may cause you to miss out on other things. You see what I am saying.
What you really need to think about is not what happens if you are wrong, but what happens if you are right. Once upon a time a president ordered that all private citizens holding gold needed to surrender it. Don’t think that that cannot happen again.
Anyways yes either things will turn to shit and we will all be screwed royally or things will turn to shit and we will all be screwed marginally. However those that will really survive are those who are in the power seats right now.
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As far as the USA goes with respect to things like humanitarian aid and things like that. If you think the world will be a better place without any country doing it then so be it. I do not. What we do agree on is if the US doesn’t do it, nobody will. Yes hold off your post on how all of our aid is tied to our long range imperialistic plans to take over the world. Some of it is not. Generally we are pretty much on the scene when there are calamities, natural disasters, and things like that. No we are not the *load*. The food we bring, the medical aid we give is not a mirage. Groups like the peace corp, and other like minded groups do indeed provide real help and assistance.
I know Judeo/Christian religions believe helping out less fortunate fellow men is a very high priorities. I don’t know about eastern religions or muslim but it would surprise me if they didn’t. So yeah I guess we differ on the importance of helping others out.
