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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1951348, member: 37498&quot;]The value of gold in any sort of economic collapse (outside of The Twilight Zone) will be contingent on one thing: Confidence that order will eventually be restored.&nbsp; If one&#039;s primary concern is survival, and that person has no confidence that order will be restored, then gold in and of itself will be worthless to that person.&nbsp; However, a person with gold only has to find one person who has something they need who has confidence in the future.&nbsp; For gold to be worthless to all people, well that would have to be one heck of a collapse.&nbsp; One can also look at the future geographically: The odds of a complete disaster that would render gold worthless worldwide is virtually nil, thus if there is any hope that one can get outside the affected area to where gold has value, then gold will still have value in the affected area as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to look at this is through Maslow&#039;s Hierarchy of Needs.&nbsp; &quot;Physiological&quot; (breathing, food, water, sleep, etc.) is the foundation that must be met before moving to the next level.&nbsp; The next level is &quot;Safety&quot;, which includes security of resources and property.&nbsp; Gold is relevant in the physiological level because gold can be used to obtain physiological necessities through barter with someone whose physiological needs are met and is concerned about higher level needs, or even just the one physiological need you seek and they might be hopeful that the PM they receive in barter can be used to obtain the other physiological needs they seek.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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