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I heard once that their still finding caches of gold from the fall of the Roman empire. It didn't help those rich papos, why would it help you? I truly don't s

• johnyzee 6y ago
  FWIW, during the (first) IMF default in Argentina, when the local economy and monetary system was in total collapse, gold was the most sought after item for trade and barter. People consistently said afterwards that they wished they had kept more savings as gold.
• onetimemanytime 6y ago
  >>I heard once that their still finding caches of gold from the fall of the Roman empire. It didn't help those rich papos, why would it help you? Maybe some where helped by it, we don't know. But better to have it than not to, unless you announce to the desperate masses that you have lotsa gold >>I truly don't see gold being of any use in a collapse where suddenly food is the most valuable asset. You can do without food for weeks, and many will trade food for gold ("I have enough food" etc etc). plus, you can provision for food too. The idea is to make believe you don't have x% of your networth and buy gold/silver/guns/food/land with it for that one moment in time.
• refurb 6y ago
  Well, if they did dig it up and it helped them, we wouldn’t know, right?