He clearly hadn’t thought that far ahead. Gold and guns is where they all get stuck.

They see that as the ultimate self-sovereignty and whilst I can see some appeal in that, being *unable* to move means you’re an ATF firebomb or toxic train derailment or catastrophic weather event away from losing all your wealth anyway.

Gold is a good “get out of dodge” last resort asset - they treat it as a “Custer’s last stand” asset.