[quote=Rustico]In hard times I’ll take family jewels vs. precious metals anyday. I think Nostradamus alluded to that.However, realizing that each of us is endowed differently to handle calamity, I think it would be wise to consider sharing and helping fellow citizens. Correct me if I am wrong but I hear a lot of ,me, me, me.Greed actually…I am going to capitalize by dumping dollars, I am going to steal land for my shiny stuff. What does that have to do with a catastrophe? That is what scares me the most. The idea goes through my head that the ones most obsessing about hypothetical Helter skelter scenarios are going to be the least useful to anyone when it happens.[/quote]
You’re right. I think it’s a result of the world we were brought up in. Since my whole life has been spent in pursuit of the almighty dollar it is hard to imagine a world departed from it.
My biggest fear is panicked masses when the world changes to whatever it’s changing to. When someone is drowning sometimes they drown their rescuers as well. I can already see (or perhaps it’s my own self-fulfilling prophecy) stress on people’s faces and in their behavior.
