this is why one buys gold and silver, page-3

"Societies on the edge of socio-economic break-up

This is particularly the case in the United States and Europe where three years of crisis are beginning to weigh very heavily on the socio-economic and therefore political balance. US households, now insolvent in their tens of millions, oscillate between sustained poverty (25) and rage against the system. European citizens, trapped between unemployment and the dismantling of the welfare state (26), are starting to refuse to pay the bills for financial and budget crises and are beginning to look for culprits (banks, the Euro, government political parties)"



I have heard a prediction of the US breaking up into 7-11 territories.

The collapse of the USSR surprised most.

As always, time will tell.