Looks like the war with Iran is cooking off

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The only thing propping up the dollar though , with all that debt, is our military and our logistics and cultural reach.
It's like the mafia.  That's partly why we are in Iran, it is largely about oil and markets.  
If we can't militarily enforce our economic choices then it's all over.
So that's also what makes it interseting.
Also when other countries decide to stop 'buying our debt' , like China dumping bonds etc. 
Very interesting times. 
When they can't make the corrupt system work anymore, then they change the rules . 
I dont think I will like the new game very much, if they are able to get it started. (digital shits)

My personal plan for the "digital economy" is to immediately upon receiving any form of digital hoodoo, to take the digital hoodoo and convert it into hard assets that can be held in MY hand, used for trade, and/or buried and/or hidden in various caves here... before the bastards can "revoke" it with their "programmable money" bullshit.

I've already got my own "renewable" means for hunting should they try to truncate my ability to, for example, buy meat with their digital hoodoo, and woe betide any dumbass that thinks it might be a good idea to come into the woods after me for hunting. I'll leave 'em where they lay for the critters to eat, cause critters gotta eat, too.

As time goes by, and as circumstances warrant, I'll find or develop other workarounds for their digital bullshit, too. A stagnant mind sinks, and only sheep follow where their Master leads them.

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That is a solid plan. I use cash for everything I buy under 50 bucks in person, generally speaking.  Online I use a lot of amazon points because I get free money for using the Chase credit and just pay it off each month, so who says no to free books?
But once cash stops being accepted I don't really have a plan.
I feel kind of ideologically lost as despite ability and training with Boy Scouts and the Army , I am used to a comfortable life of my choosing.  So it's always like how much of the game do you want to play without being totally controlled by it. . . . tough calls.