(03-20-2026, 04:06 PM)sahgwa Wrote:(03-19-2026, 09:53 PM)Ninurta Wrote:That is a solid plan. I use cash for everything I buy under 50 bucks in person, generally speaking. Online I use a lot of amazon points because I get free money for using the Chase credit and just pay it off each month, so who says no to free books?(03-19-2026, 08:14 PM)sahgwa Wrote: The only thing propping up the dollar though , with all that debt, is our military and our logistics and cultural reach.
It's like the mafia. That's partly why we are in Iran, it is largely about oil and markets.
If we can't militarily enforce our economic choices then it's all over.
So that's also what makes it interseting.
Also when other countries decide to stop 'buying our debt' , like China dumping bonds etc.
Very interesting times.
When they can't make the corrupt system work anymore, then they change the rules .
I dont think I will like the new game very much, if they are able to get it started. (digital shits)
My personal plan for the "digital economy" is to immediately upon receiving any form of digital hoodoo, to take the digital hoodoo and convert it into hard assets that can be held in MY hand, used for trade, and/or buried and/or hidden in various caves here... before the bastards can "revoke" it with their "programmable money" bullshit.
I've already got my own "renewable" means for hunting should they try to truncate my ability to, for example, buy meat with their digital hoodoo, and woe betide any dumbass that thinks it might be a good idea to come into the woods after me for hunting. I'll leave 'em where they lay for the critters to eat, cause critters gotta eat, too.
As time goes by, and as circumstances warrant, I'll find or develop other workarounds for their digital bullshit, too. A stagnant mind sinks, and only sheep follow where their Master leads them.
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But once cash stops being accepted I don't really have a plan.
I feel kind of ideologically lost as despite ability and training with Boy Scouts and the Army , I am used to a comfortable life of my choosing. So it's always like how much of the game do you want to play without being totally controlled by it. . . . tough calls.
Explanation: Fresh Water and SEEDS will be worth more than gold or silver or even crypto currency ...
Ammo and medicines will be also worth more than those things ...followed by smokes and vice drugs like hard liquor , pot , pills and injectables!
Personal Disclosure: I hope I live long enough to see Gods wrath poured out upon the earth and then to die quickly and cleanly standing upright and facing death dead in the face and smiling back at them!
Death is nothing new to me as I have already died one lifetime before and twice in this lifetime!
And into the arms of my ancient greek death goddess Achlys I shall hope to find myself when I come too!
As for Iran ... its goose is cooked eh!
And that has both pro's and con's associated with it! Pick some con's you can live with and then benefit from the pro's that come with those con's!
Its hellish traps all the way down from heaven to the lowest deepest hells and so I have already made my bed and I sleep comfortably when and where I choose to sleep! For despite everyone's RAGE, I am still just a rat in a gilded cage!
Quote:[Intro]
"And disciplinary remains mercifully"
"Yes and um, I’m with you, Derek, this star nonsense"
"Yes, yes"
"Now which is it?"
"I am sure of it"
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 1: David Gilmour]
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
[Verse 2: David Gilmour]
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: David Gilmour]
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year
Running over the same old ground, what have we found?
The same old fears, wish you were here
How absurd!