I greatly appreciate a serious topic peppered with laughs. You got me with the "Covidian Borg" and the "bureaucratic mushroom". My one hope is that things get too out of control(but short of nuclear war) that even the planners can't keep control over it. I don't think that most of them are smart enough to predict and handle all the possi…
I greatly appreciate a serious topic peppered with laughs. You got me with the "Covidian Borg" and the "bureaucratic mushroom". My one hope is that things get too out of control(but short of nuclear war) that even the planners can't keep control over it. I don't think that most of them are smart enough to predict and handle all the possible outcomes. On the flip side I am constantly chagrined by the unbelievable gullibility and stupidity of the masses.
They don't have to be smart enough to handle the outcomes because they have those smart computers telling them how to handle each and every outcome. The question is what are those with enough sense to see what's coming going to do to deal with it? You and I don't have the benefit of super computers telling us what to do. My neighbors all say basically the same thing you are, but they're not doing much of anything to prepare for it. What are you doing?
Buy the shit out of gold. The global economy has already collpased. Sorry if you haven't heard or accepted this yet. The good news is we're in a sort of interstitial period where people think money is still real and as a result you can still buy an ounce of gold for less than 2000 useless pieces of federal reserve toilet paper. This is a gift, and you should be doing this to the maximum extent possible. Same with food and, if possible, land. Spend as many of your useless dollars as possible on these things while people still believe their money has worth. Before the real inflation comes. You may think it's already here but you ain't seen nothing yet. In the very near future food, gold and land will be the only viable currency. And for the love of God don't be fooled into buying crypto. Its a scam that chains you to the grid and the internet and they control both. 'Money' that depends on the continued integrity of both is a pipe dream. $1.5 trillion was lost in crypto in a matter of weeks. Because people listened to Tom Brady and Matt Damon telling them to buy it while the bankers were buying gold. This was not a coincidence. They broke the system and will do all they can to make you pay for it. Don't over think it. Food, land and gold have been the holy Trinity for millennia. We're going back to the jungle like it or not. Get yourself in that mindset. Turn off your TV and start living like they did before TV. I don't have a crystal ball, but I know enough to know everything is a lie. So I'm sticking with the things that have been safe haven for all of time. My best advice to you is to do the same.
I was buying gold before it hit $300.00 an oz. , and silver when it was down below $12.00. I may still buy some more silver because I suspect that if people start using it as money again, it will be worth more than gold. All the silver on this planet is just below the surface. There really isn't that much left to extract from the ground unless people start digging through landfills for trace amounts.
I've got too much land already, and regardless of what the economy is doing, or the complete collapse of civilization, the state is still going to want their property taxes so I'm not all that into buying up more land.
I've been growing my own food for well over a decade simply because it tastes better than anything found in the grocery store. The local farmer's markets might claim their stuff is organic, but I don't believe it for a second.
I also cut the cable almost 20 years ago. I don't listen to the radio or read the newspapers anymore either. I spent over a decade living on the street and another decade living off grid so I know how to live without the latest modern conveniences. For me, 'new and improved" is an oxymoron. There's nothing new or improved about much when it comes to the latest technological gadgets. An outhouse never needs a plumber. A few polished pieces of tin can boil water in a few minutes even on a cloudy day. I have a few dozen blue spur flower plants growing around my outhouse so I'll never run out of toilet paper.
There are some videos on Youtube of people in Malaysia who build treehouses, bathhouses, subterranean homes, etc. all with nothing more than a blade tied to a stick. After watching a few dozen of these videos I began cutting up the saplings behind my place and building a few structures myself, e.g. greenhouses, hoophouses, stakes for blackberry, raspberry, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, etc. It's free lumber, and honestly I think it looks better than the store bought stuff.
I stopped donating money to my alma mater and other entities that were misusing it and redirected it to organizations trying to stop or hinder the giant totalitarian snowball like: The Good Citizen and other substackers, and organizations like ICAN, NVIC, Americas Frontline Doctors. I'm purchasing property in different states that are not woke like the area I live in now. I have stockpiled a moderate amount of food from Patriot Supply and cash in multiple locations. I've moved some money into bitcoin in a hardware wallet. You're lucky your neighbors agree with you. You may not have to move. I'm surrounded by woke operatives.
My neighbors talk the talk, but other than one elderly couple, I haven't seen any of them walking the walk. I've also got cash in different locations, but I don't see that stuff being worth much in the near future. Blackrock is buying up properties at 50% above the asking price. When property taxes become prohibitively expensive, everyone is going to take the money and run. You might not be happy, but we will probably own nothing. I think that's one of the scenario, too many people aren't planning for right now.
I greatly appreciate a serious topic peppered with laughs. You got me with the "Covidian Borg" and the "bureaucratic mushroom". My one hope is that things get too out of control(but short of nuclear war) that even the planners can't keep control over it. I don't think that most of them are smart enough to predict and handle all the possible outcomes. On the flip side I am constantly chagrined by the unbelievable gullibility and stupidity of the masses.
They don't have to be smart enough to handle the outcomes because they have those smart computers telling them how to handle each and every outcome. The question is what are those with enough sense to see what's coming going to do to deal with it? You and I don't have the benefit of super computers telling us what to do. My neighbors all say basically the same thing you are, but they're not doing much of anything to prepare for it. What are you doing?
Buy the shit out of gold. The global economy has already collpased. Sorry if you haven't heard or accepted this yet. The good news is we're in a sort of interstitial period where people think money is still real and as a result you can still buy an ounce of gold for less than 2000 useless pieces of federal reserve toilet paper. This is a gift, and you should be doing this to the maximum extent possible. Same with food and, if possible, land. Spend as many of your useless dollars as possible on these things while people still believe their money has worth. Before the real inflation comes. You may think it's already here but you ain't seen nothing yet. In the very near future food, gold and land will be the only viable currency. And for the love of God don't be fooled into buying crypto. Its a scam that chains you to the grid and the internet and they control both. 'Money' that depends on the continued integrity of both is a pipe dream. $1.5 trillion was lost in crypto in a matter of weeks. Because people listened to Tom Brady and Matt Damon telling them to buy it while the bankers were buying gold. This was not a coincidence. They broke the system and will do all they can to make you pay for it. Don't over think it. Food, land and gold have been the holy Trinity for millennia. We're going back to the jungle like it or not. Get yourself in that mindset. Turn off your TV and start living like they did before TV. I don't have a crystal ball, but I know enough to know everything is a lie. So I'm sticking with the things that have been safe haven for all of time. My best advice to you is to do the same.
I was buying gold before it hit $300.00 an oz. , and silver when it was down below $12.00. I may still buy some more silver because I suspect that if people start using it as money again, it will be worth more than gold. All the silver on this planet is just below the surface. There really isn't that much left to extract from the ground unless people start digging through landfills for trace amounts.
I've got too much land already, and regardless of what the economy is doing, or the complete collapse of civilization, the state is still going to want their property taxes so I'm not all that into buying up more land.
I've been growing my own food for well over a decade simply because it tastes better than anything found in the grocery store. The local farmer's markets might claim their stuff is organic, but I don't believe it for a second.
I also cut the cable almost 20 years ago. I don't listen to the radio or read the newspapers anymore either. I spent over a decade living on the street and another decade living off grid so I know how to live without the latest modern conveniences. For me, 'new and improved" is an oxymoron. There's nothing new or improved about much when it comes to the latest technological gadgets. An outhouse never needs a plumber. A few polished pieces of tin can boil water in a few minutes even on a cloudy day. I have a few dozen blue spur flower plants growing around my outhouse so I'll never run out of toilet paper.
There are some videos on Youtube of people in Malaysia who build treehouses, bathhouses, subterranean homes, etc. all with nothing more than a blade tied to a stick. After watching a few dozen of these videos I began cutting up the saplings behind my place and building a few structures myself, e.g. greenhouses, hoophouses, stakes for blackberry, raspberry, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, etc. It's free lumber, and honestly I think it looks better than the store bought stuff.
I stopped donating money to my alma mater and other entities that were misusing it and redirected it to organizations trying to stop or hinder the giant totalitarian snowball like: The Good Citizen and other substackers, and organizations like ICAN, NVIC, Americas Frontline Doctors. I'm purchasing property in different states that are not woke like the area I live in now. I have stockpiled a moderate amount of food from Patriot Supply and cash in multiple locations. I've moved some money into bitcoin in a hardware wallet. You're lucky your neighbors agree with you. You may not have to move. I'm surrounded by woke operatives.
My neighbors talk the talk, but other than one elderly couple, I haven't seen any of them walking the walk. I've also got cash in different locations, but I don't see that stuff being worth much in the near future. Blackrock is buying up properties at 50% above the asking price. When property taxes become prohibitively expensive, everyone is going to take the money and run. You might not be happy, but we will probably own nothing. I think that's one of the scenario, too many people aren't planning for right now.