MadisonFarmer
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This aspect of knowing what’s to come is especially painful. Sometimes if the timing seems right, I might plant a seed, perhaps in jest. Even then, many find me strange, but that’s always been true.
Much has been made of the intelligence an creative capacity of humans. In the end, however, we really are just clever apes. The tools of our conscious mind were developed over millions of years, under an array of circumstances. Coping with the collapse of industrial civilization was not in the tool kit for many people.
@ Frank : “America is exceptionally horrid but isn’t exceptional” Did we read the same article? I couldn’t find that quote.
Personally, I find it quite refreshing that the editors of this site post material which explores the consequence of Global Empire. Far from unexceptional, the American Empire will never be repeated.
It’s wonderful to have a forum such as this site to gain perspective. Thanks TAE for all your hard work.
@ alfbell: Your answer will be found in the Primers section (look up and to the right. It’s under the banner), especially under “How to Build a Lifeboat”. An important deviation from your stated points would be a very limited trust in banks. That is to say, if you don’t have a key to the vault, then don’t put anything in there you’re not willing to lose. If you do have a key to the vault, you’re probably a banker, which means you should learn some useful life skills like growing food in preparation for a time when the Parasite Class has fewer members. The old Foxfire books might be a good place to start with that.
PMs can be nice, so long as you don’t need to liquidate them in the foreseeable future (think decades), and they don’t get stolen by thugs like Don Corzine (as in no GLD or brokers) or the Feds (if you buy in quantity and report it). If you want relative security for bulk cash go to ww.treasurydirect.gov and juggle staggered 3mos. Lumpy mattresses and bare patches in the yard can be hazardous to your health when surrounded by desperate people. Life skills and good relations with neighbors are much more important in my book; certainly less risky.
