Gold is, in my opinion, is not a prep for a global nuclear holocaust, but that being said it has been used by many in times of war to buy what you could otherwise not! Save travel across a border for example. I have a trail bike, I can't eat it but it's fun to ride now and could be invaluable in a future SHTF. A lot of preps are like this.
My gold is a retirement package, but a prep none the less. Look at the gold price now, it's up 500% in my local currency from when I first began adding it to my stash. If I needed to I could sell it tax free tomorrow and use what I had bought over the years to buy a decent BOL with a flowing stream on it. That's a real prep for prep exchange. No, gold's use in all war may well be limited but as a financial prep it's as good as any.
Now consider Kurt Saxon.
The limitation on gold ownership in the United States was repealed after President Gerald Ford signed a bill legalizing private ownership of gold coins, ...which went into effect December 31, 1974.
Kurt Saxon was 45 years of age then, a great Survivalist, the first one arguably and already preparing books for print. If he had begun storing ounces then his latter years would have been a lot more comfortable. He died in poverty in the Blossom Nursing Home Arkansas, by all reviews a Dump.
One reviewer says.
"What a perfect place to put your toxic abusive parents when they are old and soiling themselves.
will recommend this place to people with horrible parents."
Saxon, as an important leading voice to the budding modern survivalist culture probably began the anti-Gold meme with writings like this, dutiful survivalists ever since have followed his lead.
An example of such stupidity is the "patriots" who buy gold. Wealthy people may have a
reason to buy gold but working class people don't. I don't have any gold and I don't know
anyone who does and the great majority of ordinary people who buy gold are known by
the government as "patriots". All gold purchases from firms such as Viking International are recorded. The Feds have access to such records.
So if you believe the Feds are going to come around and collect your guns, you might as well
realize they'd collect your gold at the same time. Besides, gold is no longer legal tender with a fixed value. The price goes up and down. It's a commodity. After the collapse of our system, its value will be determined by the seller of what you want to buy.
You can't eat it you can't shoot it Blah Blah Blah. Sorry Kurt, but you were not infallible and you got that one wrong, you missed the boat. Gold was US$130/oz when you were denigrating it and $2000 when you were going into that nursing home. If you had have thought outside the box, "Why was the government making ownership legal again?" You might have had a nice nest egg to retire with.
Can anyone guess WHY the government made it legal to own?
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231135232/kurt-saxon
https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homes...12/112582-YouCantTrustAPatriotByKurtSaxon.pdf
