Gold!

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Gold, silver, diamonds, all somewhat portable and always of some value. Gold has been climbing, and for quite some time. The problem, as I see it? The reason gold is going up slowly is because someone is buying it. I thought Soros, or a few other billionaire types at first. Buying to get a peak, then selling to get rich. I now suspect China, OPEC, maybe Russia, or all of them. Though I suspect China specifically and more deeply. I think they thought oil at first, then gold, would buy them out from under the dollar, and allow them the crush the dollar. Now, actually, I think they are trapped. I am sure some pharaohs might have felt the same, should they have not actually been dead when entombed. Midas had to, eventually, have known that feeling if I do not remember how that story actually ended.

I would not buy into gold. If I had gold, I would truly consider selling it. The thing is, what is safe to put one's money into. What will keep it safe? The answer? Nothing static. Buy beans when they are down, sell them for gold on a slight rise, sell that when it peaks and cash out. Even if you owned a billion dollars worth of beans in a starving nation, what would people pay you with for the beans? If I were rich I would be scared. Especially when governments and very wealthy ideological actors are first trying to get your money then make it so there is no secure way in which to make more, or wealth really.

Being poorish is no great boon in that I cannot properly prepare quickly enough for an inevitable bottoming out of all and everything. This and that, sure. Those and these, okay. But all in small quantities, not sorted or stored the best, as good as I can do with condition and available income. Still, I will not lose billions, or millions, or... really anything but a rather humble income. I may be king among cripples, financially, but that is not saying all that much.

No, anything you might go into because it is on the rise is being used as a vehicle by someone far richer to corner. You will most likely be cornered. Do not borrow from the bank and do not bet against the house. If I really did have a ton of money, arms, bullets, food, and a secure place would be among the things I would be looking into. I see so many looking for a huge spread, far removed from neighbors, in rugged but tillable arable land. Really? Unless you also have a small army, one which you can control when money is worthless, I think of that as becoming a rabbit in a trap. Small, conservative, towns. Towns near good sources of water, potable water. And perhaps horses, or if rich enough solid vehicles, fuel and oil dumps, and a part depot.

I can only imagine the first time the truly rich begin being burgled by hungry mobs, asking their favorite CNN reporters why these people do not just eat Arugula. The surprised look on their faces as the thieves stand bold faced and tell the rich they owe the poor, then slaughter them as well. Of course, these same will take from any who are weak, and whatever they want while they have the power. Do not call 911. If you are weak, take the same advice I gave the rich. As is, in spite of being crippled, I am not weak. And, I took my own advice.

I am not sure how I am going to go about fitting in, here, though. I really am crippled. These people work, hard working at that. They are always doing something for pay, for their families, for themselves. I... sit. And watch. We will see, maybe I can get to doing more. The Lord knows it is in my heart if not in my body to "do". Nailing or cutting boards, building a cabinet or wielding iron or steel, washing dishes or cooking... I like doing these things. And I love to tinker, fix, break, and examine things. I am the right man in the right place with a broken body. But, I am here. That is a start.