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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1654414, member: 38849"]"...PM's would wind up in the hands of the folks with the biggest armies, instead of those who stacked it?"</p><p><br /></p><p>Depends on whether you live in Idaho or Boston, and whether you can keep your mouth shut.</p><p><br /></p><p>In real nitty-gritty chaos, there are only two possibilities, non-paper MONEY, and barter. Gold and silver are the only forms of non-paper money I know of, and it's been that way since the Chinese invented paper money centuries ago. Barter is OK, I guess, but grossly inconvenient, not to mention the fact that to get food, you have to offer something that the food-guy wants more. Maybe ammo or gasoline. My landlord would evict me (rightfully) if he found out I was hoarding ammo (I'm not). If you live out in the sticks, and hoard fuel, someone will steal your car or tractor (it's all gassed up).</p><p><br /></p><p>Long before there's chaos, I believe we'd see a military coup. And I would support them 100% in preference to politicians. </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1654414, member: 38849"]"...PM's would wind up in the hands of the folks with the biggest armies, instead of those who stacked it?" Depends on whether you live in Idaho or Boston, and whether you can keep your mouth shut. In real nitty-gritty chaos, there are only two possibilities, non-paper MONEY, and barter. Gold and silver are the only forms of non-paper money I know of, and it's been that way since the Chinese invented paper money centuries ago. Barter is OK, I guess, but grossly inconvenient, not to mention the fact that to get food, you have to offer something that the food-guy wants more. Maybe ammo or gasoline. My landlord would evict me (rightfully) if he found out I was hoarding ammo (I'm not). If you live out in the sticks, and hoard fuel, someone will steal your car or tractor (it's all gassed up). Long before there's chaos, I believe we'd see a military coup. And I would support them 100% in preference to politicians. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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