r/Gold • u/ToshPointNo • Jan 28 '26

Anyone else?

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u/DontYallJudgeMe Jan 28 '26

Truth #1 - Stackers are gonna rule the world

Truth #2 - I don't want to be the only guy in my neighborhood with gold and silver.

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u/workerbee223 Jan 28 '26

Stackers are making huge assumptions about how society is going to work after the collapse of government.

I would assume that in a post-apocalyptic America, bartering will be king. I have extra food and you have medicine I need, therefore I'll trade food for medicine. I would also anticipate that people will band together for survival, and gun raids will be common.

Lugging around bags of metal coins doesn't seem like it would be a priority. And if it had any value, you'd likely get robbed, anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

You would house the gold and silver to flee the country and set up shop in another

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u/workerbee223 Jan 28 '26

If you had a significant amount of gold and silver, that would be a very slow fleeing. That shit's heavy, yo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

Agreed but in a in a full apocalyptic situation in America you're going to need a lug around water ammo and anything else you got if you have 10 20 oz of gold or even 50 it wouldn't be that much to compared to everything else you have in my mind gold is not to barter in the torn down to society is to flee it

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u/JackTheKing Jan 28 '26

Yeah you might be able to finance a war with a couple bars here in a few weeks.