Societal, or economic? Silver's role is to replace the modern Greenbacks of today after a economic collapse, it's not a panacea for all. And, after all, you don't buy a fire extinquisher to stop your house from flooding, nor do you buy a sump pump to put out a house fire.
Both, one leading to the other. I am speaking about a complete SHTF situation, I can see its usefulness if/when society rebuilds itself but that could be a long time. Due to their conductivity I could see them being used to rebuild important technologies. Lots of old microchips were made with silicon and GOLD.
Societal, or economic? Silver's role is to replace the modern Greenbacks of today after a economic collapse, it's not a panacea for all. And, after all, you don't buy a fire extinquisher to stop your house from flooding, nor do you buy a sump pump to put out a house fire.
"Societal, or economic? "
Both, one leading to the other. I am speaking about a complete SHTF situation, I can see its usefulness if/when society rebuilds itself but that could be a long time. Due to their conductivity I could see them being used to rebuild important technologies. Lots of old microchips were made with silicon and GOLD.