Nutty,There is an old saying that the more apocalyptic gold bugs...

Nutty,

There is an old saying that the more apocalyptic gold bugs should remember:

"Be careful what you wish for. You might get it!"

Reading their posts gives me the impression that owning gold will provide some protection from the chaos that would follow a global banking collapse. This is delusional! It assumes that complex commerce is sustainable without a banking system.

To borrow from Thomas Hobbes, life after such a collapse is likely to be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short".

Your reference to McCarthy's novel is entirely relevant.

Let us hope that the central banks know their business.