While I understand you are being facetious regarding your description of the prospect of a 'crypto-type-currency' (that is weaponized and used to consolidate and hyper-centralized control into the hands of the few oligarchs even more than it already is) there are many that still think decentralized/ non-inflationary forms of cryptocurrency are in fact the solution to all the challenges we face. Some of the features of cryptocurrency appeal to me (in theory) but I see several ways in which such systems could fail miserably.
I have concerns with focusing on cryptocurrency (or money in any form really) as the means to resist tyranny (rather than focusing most of our time and energy on connecting with Mother Earth to produce the food and medicine we need) as I feel that while gathering money/cryptocurrency to pay someone else to grow/gather your food is more convenient than learning how to grow it your self there are certain situations in which having money or cryptocurrency would not enable you to get food.
Diversified hard assets, cash and cryptocurrency are great, but those things do not have intrinsic value, thus their value in a survival situation pales in comparison to food cultivation, foraging and preservation skills.
Hard assets (whether cash or gold or food stores anything else) can be stolen from you and events can be brought about by humans (or happen naturally, see https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/preparing-for-the-100-year-storms for more info) that (even in a best case scenario) would render your cryptocurrency inaccessible and useless for long periods of time (EMPs, CMEs and/or some kind of Digital ID/Internet Drivers license requiring biometric scans to access internet).
Knowledge, skills and experience related to food cultivation, foraging and preservation cannot be stolen from you however, and thus it has intrinsic value as it is applicable and accessible in any and all situations.
Every little bit of food you cultivate for yourself and learn to preserve not only increases your resilience, health and ability to boycott corporations in the here and now, it builds those skills and experience that have intrinsic value for the future. Those are the skills and choices that have the most power to starve the corporations and build a new way of living to leave them behind.
Diversified hard assets, cash, non-perishable food stores and cryptocurrency are great, but those things do not have intrinsic value, thus their value in a survival situation pales in comparison to food cultivation, foraging and preservation skills.
Hard assets (whether cash or gold or food stores anything else) can be stolen from you and events can be brought about by humans (or happen naturally) that (even in a best case scenario) would render your cryptocurrency inaccessible and useless for long periods of time (EMPs, CMEs and/or some kind of Digital ID/Internet Drivers license requiring biometric scans to access internet).
Knowledge, skills and experience related to food cultivation, foraging and preservation cannot be stolen from you however, and thus it has intrinsic value as it is applicable and accessible in any and all situations.
Some people tell them self the cop out excuse that because one does not own land, attempting to grow some of one's own food is pointless. That is a fallacy, every little bit of food you cultivate for yourself and learn to preserve not only increases your resilience, health and ability to boycott corporations in the here and now, it builds those skills and experience that have intrinsic value for the future.
Thus, in my opinion, assuming one will always be able to buy food from someone else (because one is wealthy and/or lazy and does not want to get their hands dirty and work with the soil) is a choice to leave your self vulnerable and is not a solid strategy for weathering the storm ahead.
When align with the regenerative capacities of the soil, plants and fungi in our gardens we are essentially locking our arms with Mother Earth. She offers us strength and resilience through our connecting in symbiosis with her ancient living economy, and through this, we can actually Regenerate and increase abundance/resilience (rather than just preserving what we already had) and turn the tide for our local communities in a meaningful way.
That is why I invest in the ancient living economy of the Earth. The abundance that is intrinsic in living soil and that is unlocked by an heirloom seed (and the knowledge to cultivate, preserve, seed save and propagate the resulting harvest) is the antithesis of centralized, it is decentralized to the point where it is accessible anywhere (given one has the knowledge to invest in that way) and such an investment increases in value 1000 fold in a single season.
Yes, and then consolidate the nationalized banking system into a singular global bank and crypto-SDR aka the Ü; to wit: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/the-imf-has-just-unveiled-a-new-global
While I understand you are being facetious regarding your description of the prospect of a 'crypto-type-currency' (that is weaponized and used to consolidate and hyper-centralized control into the hands of the few oligarchs even more than it already is) there are many that still think decentralized/ non-inflationary forms of cryptocurrency are in fact the solution to all the challenges we face. Some of the features of cryptocurrency appeal to me (in theory) but I see several ways in which such systems could fail miserably.
I have concerns with focusing on cryptocurrency (or money in any form really) as the means to resist tyranny (rather than focusing most of our time and energy on connecting with Mother Earth to produce the food and medicine we need) as I feel that while gathering money/cryptocurrency to pay someone else to grow/gather your food is more convenient than learning how to grow it your self there are certain situations in which having money or cryptocurrency would not enable you to get food.
Diversified hard assets, cash and cryptocurrency are great, but those things do not have intrinsic value, thus their value in a survival situation pales in comparison to food cultivation, foraging and preservation skills.
Hard assets (whether cash or gold or food stores anything else) can be stolen from you and events can be brought about by humans (or happen naturally, see https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/preparing-for-the-100-year-storms for more info) that (even in a best case scenario) would render your cryptocurrency inaccessible and useless for long periods of time (EMPs, CMEs and/or some kind of Digital ID/Internet Drivers license requiring biometric scans to access internet).
Knowledge, skills and experience related to food cultivation, foraging and preservation cannot be stolen from you however, and thus it has intrinsic value as it is applicable and accessible in any and all situations.
Every little bit of food you cultivate for yourself and learn to preserve not only increases your resilience, health and ability to boycott corporations in the here and now, it builds those skills and experience that have intrinsic value for the future. Those are the skills and choices that have the most power to starve the corporations and build a new way of living to leave them behind.
Diversified hard assets, cash, non-perishable food stores and cryptocurrency are great, but those things do not have intrinsic value, thus their value in a survival situation pales in comparison to food cultivation, foraging and preservation skills.
Hard assets (whether cash or gold or food stores anything else) can be stolen from you and events can be brought about by humans (or happen naturally) that (even in a best case scenario) would render your cryptocurrency inaccessible and useless for long periods of time (EMPs, CMEs and/or some kind of Digital ID/Internet Drivers license requiring biometric scans to access internet).
Knowledge, skills and experience related to food cultivation, foraging and preservation cannot be stolen from you however, and thus it has intrinsic value as it is applicable and accessible in any and all situations.
Some people tell them self the cop out excuse that because one does not own land, attempting to grow some of one's own food is pointless. That is a fallacy, every little bit of food you cultivate for yourself and learn to preserve not only increases your resilience, health and ability to boycott corporations in the here and now, it builds those skills and experience that have intrinsic value for the future.
Thus, in my opinion, assuming one will always be able to buy food from someone else (because one is wealthy and/or lazy and does not want to get their hands dirty and work with the soil) is a choice to leave your self vulnerable and is not a solid strategy for weathering the storm ahead.
When align with the regenerative capacities of the soil, plants and fungi in our gardens we are essentially locking our arms with Mother Earth. She offers us strength and resilience through our connecting in symbiosis with her ancient living economy, and through this, we can actually Regenerate and increase abundance/resilience (rather than just preserving what we already had) and turn the tide for our local communities in a meaningful way.
Don’t forget the effect such a consolidation will have on the small businesses they’ve been increasingly trying to destroy.
No one can be independent for this plan to work. No one can be self-reliant. Nothing can go on without their fingers somewhere in the pie.
This is accelerating that process greatly.
That is why I invest in the ancient living economy of the Earth. The abundance that is intrinsic in living soil and that is unlocked by an heirloom seed (and the knowledge to cultivate, preserve, seed save and propagate the resulting harvest) is the antithesis of centralized, it is decentralized to the point where it is accessible anywhere (given one has the knowledge to invest in that way) and such an investment increases in value 1000 fold in a single season.