> On 10/05/2015 03:51 AM, Georgi Guninski wrote: >> The financial situation in the usa is quite grave. >> >> Assume very severe financial crisis hits the usa relatively soon causing >> hyperinflation there and possibly in other countries. >> >> I am interested: How to minimize one's damage in this situation? >> >> Some suspicions: Banks/exchanges are known Ponzi schemes, so how much >> the banking system will remain intact is unclear to me. >> >> Some possibilities >> real estate outside usa >> gold (is gold certificate secure enough?) >> bitcoins (some people got burnt, security of bitcoins not clear to me) >> ??? >> >> Please post political rants in other thread.
On 10/11/15, Douglas Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: > Reviving this thread. Where's the altruism in "how to minimize one's > damage"? Why's the model here for resisting economic oppression a > survivalist hiding in an encrypted bunker, rather than the people of > Burkina Faso using sticks and rocks (not cryptography) to force > oligarchs out of their country? In Mexico they were recently burning > polling stations, but we were discussing hoarding Bitcoin to ensure our > self-interest? Where's the idealism in such selfishness? Basically I agree, please feel free to make suggestions :)
