THE ERA OF TRUMP

[TheReal_ND]

I think if a small community survived a collapse it could get along fairly well if everyone had a stash of silver coins. Bartering and trading would still be king I guess.

[Okeefenokee]

This is not at all how the era of Trump is supposed to go down, btw. We already averted this future, for now.

[TheReal_ND]

It's just GCF being retarded again bro.

[Martin Hash]

This is not at all how the era of Trump is supposed to go down, btw. We already averted this future, for now.

My prediction early in the decade:
"The Collapse will happen by 2020 or during the next Republican administration."

p.s. Crazy enough, Trump has a chance to prevent it because he's a "Mule" in Psychohistory terms. (See Asimov's "Foundation" series.)

[SuburbanFarmer]

Owning gold won't necessarily help you in a total collapse. If that happened, the most critical factors are your location, your membership in a clan or tribe of people who will look out for one another and know how to fight, your access to weapons, and the means to produce food and clean water. Gold comes into play much later on, during the reorganization -- if you survive.

People who believe they can hoard gold to survive a collapse are being silly. It's as if they think it will be like today, only the normal currency doesn't work. LOL

If you can't fight, have nothing to offer, can't produce food, etc., then you die. It doesn't matter how much gold you have. Your gold will be taken from you anyway.

If you actually believe this is a possibility, then start training with firearms. Move to the hills. Learn how to farm. Keep a larder and a good supply of seeds. Don't bother with the gold.

I've got the list checked off, to some extent. Just thinking it couldn't hurt to have some non-essential items to barter.

[Speaker to Animals]

Owning gold won't necessarily help you in a total collapse. If that happened, the most critical factors are your location, your membership in a clan or tribe of people who will look out for one another and know how to fight, your access to weapons, and the means to produce food and clean water. Gold comes into play much later on, during the reorganization -- if you survive.

People who believe they can hoard gold to survive a collapse are being silly. It's as if they think it will be like today, only the normal currency doesn't work. LOL

If you can't fight, have nothing to offer, can't produce food, etc., then you die. It doesn't matter how much gold you have. Your gold will be taken from you anyway.

If you actually believe this is a possibility, then start training with firearms. Move to the hills. Learn how to farm. Keep a larder and a good supply of seeds. Don't bother with the gold.

I've got the list checked off, to some extent. Just thinking it couldn't hurt to have some non-essential items to barter.

Indeed. Like ammunition (5.56 and .223), liquor, antibiotics, bicycle tires.. I could think of a number of bartering items far more useful than gold (and cheaper).

[Okeefenokee]

Any sort of market economy is going to require a stable and secure community. You aren't going to barter with a trader in the wasteland like you're playing Fallout. In a WROL scenario, in the wilderness, transactions are going to be made in lead.

[Penner]

Owning gold won't necessarily help you in a total collapse. If that happened, the most critical factors are your location, your membership in a clan or tribe of people who will look out for one another and know how to fight, your access to weapons, and the means to produce food and clean water. Gold comes into play much later on, during the reorganization -- if you survive.

People who believe they can hoard gold to survive a collapse are being silly. It's as if they think it will be like today, only the normal currency doesn't work. LOL

If you can't fight, have nothing to offer, can't produce food, etc., then you die. It doesn't matter how much gold you have. Your gold will be taken from you anyway.

If you actually believe this is a possibility, then start training with firearms. Move to the hills. Learn how to farm. Keep a larder and a good supply of seeds. Don't bother with the gold.

I've got the list checked off, to some extent. Just thinking it couldn't hurt to have some non-essential items to barter.

Make sure you have some cigs and booze stash around. You can use the booze (Everclear or vodka high-proof, like a 70%) as an emergency antiseptic for wounds. I shit you not, you can use it and you can also drink it.

[Okeefenokee]

Owning gold won't necessarily help you in a total collapse. If that happened, the most critical factors are your location, your membership in a clan or tribe of people who will look out for one another and know how to fight, your access to weapons, and the means to produce food and clean water. Gold comes into play much later on, during the reorganization -- if you survive.

People who believe they can hoard gold to survive a collapse are being silly. It's as if they think it will be like today, only the normal currency doesn't work. LOL

If you can't fight, have nothing to offer, can't produce food, etc., then you die. It doesn't matter how much gold you have. Your gold will be taken from you anyway.

If you actually believe this is a possibility, then start training with firearms. Move to the hills. Learn how to farm. Keep a larder and a good supply of seeds. Don't bother with the gold.

I've got the list checked off, to some extent. Just thinking it couldn't hurt to have some non-essential items to barter.

Make sure you have some cigs and booze stash around. You can use the booze (Everclear or vodka high-proof, like a 70%) as an emergency antiseptic for wounds. I shit you not, you can use it and you can also drink it.

Kerosene, 3 bucks a gallon.

Vodka, 100 bucks a gallon.

Both can sterilize wounds. Both can make you warm.

[Penner]

I've got the list checked off, to some extent. Just thinking it couldn't hurt to have some non-essential items to barter.

Make sure you have some cigs and booze stash around. You can use the booze (Everclear or vodka high-proof, like a 70%) as an emergency antiseptic for wounds. I shit you not, you can use it and you can also drink it.

Kerosene, 3 bucks a gallon.

Vodka, 100 bucks a gallon.

Both can sterilize wounds. Both can make you warm.

Vodka you can also drink!