economic injustice and the taboo about the stock market

[Karl]

that's what happens when one attempts to be comprehensive and there's things left unaddressed on the table.  really, its not like shouting fire.  its like pointing at the fire over the hill and saying "that might burn its way over here" and everyone says "its burning over there, cant possibly burn that much that it will burn all the way here."   so the one who is prepared for the fire is the crazy one?  its like having a gun and not needing it, and the flip is needing a gun and not having one....by the time you need it, the time to have obtained it is past.

 

hahaha....love that logic.

 

we're just having a conversation here, I'm not telling people how to live their lives.  but this is another reason why the status quo will not change, because people have their conditioning and that's that, they are attached to the ways in which they have been conditioned and are loathe to accept evidence of its fallacies in concept, much less ever get to the point of doing anything about it.

 

sometimes I think its a curse being able to type very fast, because it gives the impression that I spend scads of time forming all of this bullshit together.  no, the only thing I really spend a lot of time forming is things of a practice nature, most often related in PM, because honestly that's about the only value this forum has for me at this point.  I'm wasting my time by participating in off topic.

 

Most people don't believe there is a fire, or if there is one, then it's manageable.

 

I don't think you are wasting your time, but it's important to have some kind of solution, or action as an anti-dote. Noah didn't warn of floods without having built an ark.

 

I agree with much of what you say, indeed I already own a small amount of bullion as a hedge and its proved a better investment than an ISA. I also have a small stock of food, water, fuel, medicine, flashlight etc. I wouldn't call myself a prepper, but in Britain we have experienced black outs and shortages in the 70s, and only recently we had the tanker driver strikes caused real problems. It's stupidity not to make some preparations for potential disasters.