Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1676866, member: 37498&quot;]It&#039;s not a fantasy, and I don&#039;t know anyone personally who is hoping for an economic meltdown, or an SHTF scenario.&nbsp; It&#039;s more about being prepared.&nbsp; Doing what you can to help ensure you&#039;ll have whatever it is you need in whatever situation you might find yourself in five, ten, twenty years from now.</p><p><br /></p><p>In your example, what if you grew more carrots than you could eat?&nbsp; What then?&nbsp; If I was hungry and wanted some of your carrots, I could try and find something I have that you need, or I could offer you some silver which you could take to someone else who does have something you need.&nbsp; You know, the same thing money is good for today.&nbsp; But since our money is worthless without a trusted government standing behind it, if the government is somehow no longer functioning, then something else that has portable value would have a place.&nbsp; I suppose carrots could become the new currency, but they don&#039;t have the same shelf life that silver does, and how many carrots would you need to buy a horse?</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this isn&#039;t going to be true for every SHTF scenario out there.&nbsp; If we somehow found ourselves inside the Walking Dead storyline, how valuable would PM be when the population is at 5-10% of what it is now.&nbsp; There&#039;s more than enough jewelry, gems, coins, etc to loot, so guns, ammo, food, vehicles, gas, medicine, etc are valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing that would be somewhat necessary for PM to be accepted as currency would be a general expectation that things would eventually return to normal.&nbsp; Then those people who stockpiled a bunch of silver by working their butts off helping and feeding other people could then cash in their PM for whatever fiat currency becomes the new standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in