>>1680020I'm not arguing against owning things, I'm arguing about going all in on precious metals.
A stash of food, a stash of medicine, tradable goods, some precious metals (proofed gold ingots by preference), some foreign currencies, land, weapons, etc are all good ideas.
But the idea that you're going to see a massive spike in real value of precious metals when currency takes a shit is hilariously stupid. A gold ring might be worth more bolivars in Venezuela now than it was 6 months ago, but it's not worth more flour now than it was 6 months ago. Use precious metals to allow you to carry your wealth away when your home country becomes untenable. You shouldn't be trading gold for chicken when your country goes to shit, you should trade chicken for gold, and then when you've got enough gold to restart your life when you GTFO to a country where you can still get a comfortable future, you GTFO and sell your gold when you get to your new home to restart your life.
Fucking brainlets I swear.
