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U.S. monitoring of the global flow of money is frankly terrifying. U.S. law enforcement is currently politicized to an extreme degree, and the extent to which
by paultopia 6y ago
U.S. monitoring of the global flow of money is frankly terrifying. U.S. law enforcement is currently politicized to an extreme degree, and the extent to which the U.S. continues in the near future to be a democracy under something vaguely like the rule of law is in severe question. One of the scariest things to think about in contemplating the possibility of having to flee this country in some point in the next few years if it goes full authoritarian is being instantly impoverished to the point of not even being able to buy gas to get to the Canadian border on the flip of a switch of some faceless bureaucrat.
(And no, I don't think cryptocurrencies are the answer---wildly fluctuating value and seemingly endless security problems hardly create a sense of safety.)
- jerry1979 6y agoCrypto may not be the answer, but some a couple thousand in precious metals, diamonds, and crypto could find a nice home in your bugout bag.
- woah 6y agoWhy not moisannite?
- dfischer 6y agoWhy that?
- humaniania 6y agoWhat situation are you imagining where any of those things would have practical use?
- acjohnson55 6y agoI'm imagining it being pretty easy to track down the dude who keeps buying things with diamonds.
- jerry1979 6y agoThe valuables would cover a few months of rent in whichever area you end up.
- baybal2 6y agoOne of biggest deterrence for me to working in US is a prospect of becoming a US taxpayer for life upon touching a US bank account, or a US originating income source.
- bencw 6y agoYou'd have to file taxes, but won't necessarily owe any.