[Crowbob]

Thing is, when the SHTF, 1) the short term goal will be to survive 2) medium goal is to gain security, and 3) long term is to thrive.

You can’t have 2 or 3 without having had 1 which is all about currency. G (and S) has always been currency since thousands of years before the days of Judas’ pieces of silver, like as in the days of the Pharaohs such as during the realms of King Tutankhamun, et.al., even.

That would be 3000 BC. Back then, rupees, dollars, renminbi or whatever were like not even as fake as they are now; they eventually came and are now in the process of leaving, more or less.