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In a Crisis, Protein Could Become More Precious than Gold

By Rick Ackerman Posted on June 1, 2015, 12:04 am EDT Last Updated May 31, 2015, 7:55 pm EDT

[Hoarding gold and silver against economic catastrophe can give us peace of mind. But in times of true crisis, there are some things that will be even more valuable to our survival than bullion, as the following note reminds us. It was contributed to a Rick’s Picks forum discussion by a rancher who used the pseudonym ‘Bed Rock’.  RA]

The place I looked to see how to be prepared for a dollar collapse was in the journals of the pioneers who settled the frontiers in North America two to three hundred years ago. When moving to an unexplored region inside the frontier, and being months of hard travel away from any civilization where the necessities of life could be purchased, is basically where we all will be when commerce stops because of a dollar collapse.

Bartering works good, but money was not very valuable, even gold. The people needed a place to live that offered protection from the weather, water and food. Everything else was and is a luxury. The people who had the talents of building shelters and producing food prospered and those that came with family money either died or went home broke.

Self sufficiency has atrophied

So what I took from this is, be prepared to use your hands. Surround yourself with good, honest people who have talents in the many life-saving areas needed to survive any circumstances that may be thrown at us. Raising chickens, making bread, treating sickness, making a garden, a carpenter, etc. You will know what you need for your area.

I am a rancher and produce enough beef to feed approximately 6,000 people. But having to do that without cheap fuel, fertilizer, and life-saving drugs for the cattle, I will produce much less. But protein is one of the necessities needed to survive and something the pioneers treasured. If you succeed and prosper as our great country makes its comeback, you will have moved up the ladder of social and economic ranking. Survival of the fittest, and we will be rid of all those who live off of government aid. So don’t be caught with just a lot of gold and silver when the collapse comes. Sell some and buy the tools you will need to survive so you can use the metals latter when civilization returns.

  • Curtis June 4, 2015, 11:17 pm

    The bond tout was insanely accurate. It would take roughly 100 years of watching CNBC to find actionable advice that was even 1/3 as profitable.

    Thanks so much for that one…

    &&&&&

    Pleased to have helped, Curtis. A number of subscribers caught the trade, using either the futures contract or TLT, where a longstanding target at 117.23 missed the intraday low by 3 cents.     RA

  • mava June 4, 2015, 6:28 pm

    Looking back at how America got its independence, I guess a fair observer could say I am wrong. Then, like now, most did not agree on everything. Just on some things. But the leader appeared and offered “his platform”, whatever it ended up to be, and it was judged to be better by most than the other “platforms”. Once stuff did hit the fan, all those others and the doubting no longer had the luxury of waiting for perfection, – they had to quickly chose the best from what was available. So, the trick was not in seeking the perfect union, but only in finding the somewhat good idea, behind which all others could unite not because they loved it, but because it was the lesser of all the evils in play at the time. The sad truth that history books do consistently tend to erase is that the most did not fight for something they wanted. No, they fought and died just for something that was barely better than next available offer.

    But, I do not want to do anything for an idea that is only somewhat good. I already know where everything “somewhat good” leads, – right back to where we are now.

    And where are we now?
    By the force of chance I don’t have much vested here. But, what if I had? What if I had a huge family, with many young and old, and some that are disabled? How would I feel today knowing that we are on the precipice? What If I had many who count on their benefits and pensions? What if some of them were long term big-time invested and yet, did not see the writing on the wall?

    I really feel for the people who are “fully invested”. I think they are the ones that would probably end up fighting for the lesser evil. What else can they do? Is this where “remember the Alamo” should most properly be mentioned?

    Anyway, it’s time to “leave Poland”, it’s time to “leave England”, “leave Netherlands”, whatever. Remember that our founding fathers run to fight another day, run for their lives until their situation changed so much that they now saw a good chance, then, and only then they made the stand.

    Point was not to die like a hero, but to make the other guy to die like a hero, before changing the history accounts to really make him look bad.

    But all we can do today is to die like a hero. No one will remember or appreciate that, because the victor writes the history. If Obama wins, he will just simply tell the world that you all wanted to change your gender role and that’s why you did it. Remember “Chelsea” Manning?

  • John Jay June 4, 2015, 5:13 am

    Mava,

    Our fate is sealed.

    It will resemble some combination of the following Movies:

    Dr Zhivago
    Dr Strangelove
    Elysium
    Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
    1984
    Blade Runner
    Mad Max (All of that series)
    Idiocracy
    Americathon
    Little Murders (Eliott Gould)
    Running Man

    You get the picture, yeah?

    It will be something along those lines, for sure!

    &&&&&&

    I’d say ‘The Road’ and leave it at that. RA

  • mava June 3, 2015, 5:59 pm

    The problem is we can’t unite. We have a disagreement on all the issues. Too many of us actually agree with the government on many issues.

    The minds of the majority have been poisoned during a very long period of propaganda. And now, most of us don’t understand even the simplest of concepts. In this conditions, no union can be achieved. Our enemies, however, are already de facto united, because “all they want to do” is simply maintain the current state of affairs, i.e. the slavery system. (The enslavement of producers by the government with a significant spillover to the mindless majority).

    What I am describing here is a body that has a deadly metastasizing disease. There is nothing that the body can do to help itself. This is a condition known as “the point of no return”.

    Do you understand now? (I am addressing “not mava”). Try it. Let me describe it to you how this is gonna go:

    You will organize with some of the people you find. You decide to stake it out. Ok. The government will declare that there are too many looters, and too many children get shot in the process. The government will kill some citizens and video the whole thing. The “looters” will be given a flashy name. Then there is going to be a mil force in your town to disarm you. The officers will be very polite. You’ll refuse. You will be publicly declared one of the “looters”. From here you either get shot or you surrender. There is no “third” option where you do not surrender, but remain with a gun.

    Now, the SWAT will start the approach. You will shoot. The rest of the people in your town will see you as a “looter”. Remember, they are already “not all there” if they think that what we are doing now is gonna fix the economic situation, if they believe Keynes, if they trust the government, if they think Obamacare is legal or proper. So, when the rubber meets the road, don’t count on them to make the correct conclusion.

    This way you will become the resistance not just against the obvious aggressor, but literally and quite visibly against everybody. Again, because they will not see your point.

    Now, if you think you can oppose the entire nation, be my guest.

    As for me, I can see the writing on the wall. There is no one to save here. Even if I unite with just you, I would find that you probably support some of the socialism, after all. Meaning, you can not “coexist” even in theory. Socialism cannot possibly coexist. That’s why I call it a poison of the mind. So, at some point you will “have to” take me out to take what I own.

    We should never have allowed any commies to exist among us in the first place. Now that they are everywhere and in part in our children’s minds, – they won’t allow us to exist!.

  • John Jay June 3, 2015, 2:30 pm

    Bill and Mava,

    You can see the process at work all over the USA.
    As Government Pensions blow up the Government solution is more taxes.
    And some more Citizens flee to another Town in their State, or another State entirely.
    And the folks fleeing East will meet the folks fleeing West at the Mississippi river!
    GDP requires Double Secret Seasonal Adjustments.
    Creating and giving away money becomes a viable economic policy.

    The big cities become crime ridden no go zones.
    Paying judgements to settle police murder and brutality lawsuits has become a major budget item.
    High School and College Diplomas have become Participation Trophies.
    Shame is now just an archaic word found only in a dictionary.

    How to prepare and where to run to has become the most important decision in life.
    A sad and ominous state of affairs.
    And even with today’s lightning quick news reporting, Nuclear Combat could break out and be over in 90 minutes.
    “Toe to toe with the Rooskies” as it were.
    And if you are very lucky, you’ll never know what hit you!

    The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization that began with WWI in 1914 is nearing completion.
    The big question is, will the survivors be living in the 9th or the 19th Century as a result?

  • Not Mava June 3, 2015, 4:20 am

    Mava, if we ALL kill at least one of the people who come after our guns – even when we ourselves are killed – we will win.

    Cowards don’t win. Remember the Alamo.

  • mava June 2, 2015, 11:35 pm

    I don’t think the country will spring back. It will be in the best interest of the government continuity of throne and, at the same time of the corrupted majority (that today lives of the government loot), to conspire and extort the people of their saved capital. What you save now, will be nationalized “for the good of all nation”, and then destroyed without producing any growth. your tools, for instance, are capital. Thus they will be confiscated. Guns will not be allowed and having guns will be more of a death sentence than protection, as all the existing military and police, including all of the alphabet soup agencies will be sent out to hunt those presenting “problems”.. i.e. gun owners. This is because gun owners will mean more trouble for the state than robbers an looters, as robbers and looters do not object against the rules that would be necessary to preserve the government’s throne.

  • Bill June 1, 2015, 2:01 am

    So . . . we are all focused on the demise of the dollar, which is logical given the balance sheet of the US. But what about the balance sheets of the rest of the world? In a pinch or financial debacle, will the dollar actually look more like a safe haven when compared to other countries, particularly the smaller countries who could collapse economically if trade is interrupted during this ‘reset’?
    I get things could be so calamitous initially that trade could be suspended until order is restored. Many investments will explode up + down due to panic and volatility will be thru the roof while rumors fly and humans respond in fear.

    One of my fears is how the militaries of the world will respond – our enemies taking advantage of weakness and our own govt turning on it’s own citizens. So many scenarios – all possible – so unpredictable. Govts will lie and appease citizens causing prices to fluctuate. I suppose what is predictable is what people will do initially when they panic:

    > Gold will rocket
    > The dollar may actually go up as people run for safety.
    > Real estate will collapse
    > Survival tool prices will rocket
    > Guns & ammunition prices will rocket
    > There could be a run at the stores for non-perishable food
    > Oil / Gas prices will rocket

    Those are my thoughts – nothing original – I was more focused on Rick’s comments on the collapse of the dollar and wondering if there will be an opportunity if there is an initial run up in the dollar from the common flight to safety occurrence. Then, during a world wide panic, will the US dollar not look like a safe haven in the eyes of the rest of the world? Isn’t perception what is causing this dollar run up now?

    You could be totally right in the end on the move of asset prices but be totally moved off your conviction due to the volatility from perception.


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