Can we have a thread about what the hell to do right now?
🗣️ DISCUSSION 💬
First of all, I'm an idiot when it comes to anything financial. I know many of you aren't. What is the safest thing to do with the money (fiat) that we do have right now? Leave it in our local bank? Credit union? Keep it as cash in my sock drawer? Also, the money in my 401k? Switch it over to bonds or something else I don't fully understand? Any thoughts from someone who's been paying better attention to these things than I?
Only Do what you can live with. Keep in mind that whatever you choose to do, there are repercussions. If you always do what is right, and you die doing it, I don't consider that a life wasted. If you do what is wrong, you may continue to live, but at what cost? Just something to think about. I have enough stored for a bunch of my neighbors and friends. Not enough to survive forever, but enough to give some breathing room to find the next solution.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. It’s a Good answer. I thought about the last scenario a lot. Would I ever hurt someone else in order to survive? I guess I can only truly find out who I am when those primal instincts kick in. At this point in time I seriously think I’d rather starve than hurt someone else. But then when you have to care for your young what do you do then? I pray these questions only stay a philosophical exercise.
Every situation is different and in extreme circumstances we all make decisions with the information we have. The one thing I will caveat is that defense is paramount; of yourself, your loved ones and those that cannot defend themselves. This is the one area that I would not have any hesitation about. If an attack is unprovoked and the response results in injury or worse, there is nothing that I would feel guilty about. The decision was made for me by the aggressor. Ultimately it is their decision that led to their injury, not mine. The attempt to make someone acting purely in self-defense as a culpable crime is reprehensible.