Your 401k,403b, Roth, and whatever is in their hands. Start transitioning it to being in your control. A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush.
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I have a friend who is an expat in Nicaragua and he ordered some silver to be delivered at my house then picked it up on his next visit to the US (Circa 2015). We were talking about if a major collapse of the world economy happened and he told me to buy gold and or silver. He also told me the Nicaraguans would survive much better than Americans because they know how to farm etc... I told him, you can't eat gold or silver, and that the marauders would head to Nicaragua with guns to take their food.
That said, I stocked up some food, and bought a gun. I have a small amount of gold as well. My plan is to stock up more on all 3. But yeah, gold is used for jewellery, electronics, and dental, none of which will be practical if we go Mad Max..
Wood is a good source for cooking and in the Philippines most of the poor people burn that for cooking. Palm fronds are excellent as they don't smoke much, but they burn up fast. A couple of acres of cocoanut trees can provide enough fuel to cook. They typically cook rice in the morning for the whole day and fish or meat 1-2 times a day.