the dollar, in all countries, will be falling, such that in any transaction one or both parties will feel they are getting a fair deal only if a thing, not a representation, is given or received. This is a common practice in countries where the dollar is falling, and a natural migration as the thought occurs readily to mankind, the barter system being recent in
their cultural evolution. What will this mean for the common man, and what will it mean for the rich? The common
man will find they are pleased with themselves if they have had the foresight to secure goods of value, such as seeds or
tools or dried food. The value of appliances that are dead and not able to run, even of cars unable to run over broken
roads, will be zero. The value of items that can increase worth, such as a needle and thread which can repair clothing
otherwise worthless, or a shovel that can create a garden otherwise a weed patch, will balloon.
The rich will of course whine endlessly, and try to convince anyone who will listen that their goods will return in
value, which it will not. Moneys will be used as a medium of exchange, as will jewels and art, in some settings, for a
brief period of time. This will occur until those being offered these at bargain prices realize the shift has happened
worldwide, and rescue and a return to civilization as they knew it will not occur. Perhaps months, but more likely
weeks, and only in limited settings. We advise the common man, as we have in the past, to relieve themselves of stock
and jewels and paper money that will fall in value, perhaps suddenly and without warning. Better to stock up on things
that will have value, candles and matches, school books and a guitar, than what the rich treasure.
In that one's skill sets can be considered a bartering item, one should examine their own skill set by the following
exam. If you were in the middle of a wilderness, alone, what steps would you take to survive? What is the first skill that you would need, and not have? Whom do you know that you would wish about you, in such as circumstance?
What is that skill that they possess, that you perhaps could develop? Imagine a group in such a setting, having arrived
at a land dump where various pieces of junk are about and could provide mechanical devices or shelter, if utilized
creatively and resourcefully. How would you go about creating a comfortable home for yourself, and others, in such as
situation? If you are clueless on how to use junk to structure a home, recycle and hook up, then perhaps you should
work with a junk man, in his yard, and take lessons! What we are telling you is that you should mentally put yourself
in this setting, and you will have no difficulty determining what is useless or most worthwhile, in a skill set. If you are
an accountant, and cannot translate this skill into becoming a tailor or herdsman or cook, your skill is useless!
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ZetaTalk: Hoarding
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Note: written Nov 15, 1999.
Many people view with alarm the thought of food shortages and struggling with other people to wrest away a loaf of
bread or fist fights over a bag of flour or rice. They view with alarm such thoughts, and their first thoughts are to stock
up, to buy many of these items. A case in point is the scare just years ago over toilet paper, where there was purported
to be a shortage of toilet paper. Suddenly all the toilet paper on the shelves had been bought up. This is the first
response to worry about shortages, but there are many problems with this reaction.
Because the desire to hoard and stock up is anticipated by the authorities, this is the first trend that will be watched and
guarded against. Hoarding cannot be disguised. The grocer knows who bought a large stock of food, and neighbors can
see who carried many groceries into a house. Those places that sell large quantities of food such as rice or wheat or
beans have the person who made the purchase on record. One cannot hide a stock. The police can come door-to-door,
open the doors, and see a stock of food and this stock can be confiscated. These stocks will be confiscated as food
shortages occur and hoarding is to be discouraged, so that fighting and arguments and theft do not happen. The police
will go door-to-door and those people who have hoarded will have it taken from them, and this will be distributed to
others. Therefore, not only will they lose what they have tried to gathered, they will be penalized. They will be fined,
punished, maybe put in jail, and certainly be scorned by their neighbors.
Of course, there should be some stock for those times when there is nothing to eat, but a very small amount. Don’t
purchase in large quantities. A purchase in large quantities is a signal, and there are records being kept even today of
who it is that purchases in large quantities. Those people are being marked to have their goods confiscated in the
future. They are not being told this. They may even be encouraged to stock up because later someone can come and
take these stores from them. It is a cruel game of those in control, to encourage stocking while knowing that these
goods will be taken later. But those who wish to remain in control, who use such power plays, think not of their
cruelty but only of their ability to get through hard times, and will manipulate whomever stands in their path to
regaining their power. Even through what we are telling you is known and can be logically surmised, nevertheless
warnings about punishing those who hoard are not going out, and people will not be alerted to the dangers of hoarding
or stocking up until they have had the tables turned on them and all their saving put into rice and beans is gone. No
one will tell them that this is to happen and no one will warn them.
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Anyone who has a stock of food who does not find themselves at odds with the authorities will still be subject to theft
from gangs or hungry neighbors. In fact, it is as dangerous to stock up and be traced as holding a hoard of food as it is
for a rich man to walk with gold jewelry down a dark path known to harbor thieves in the bushes. It is almost a
welcome sign, saying come take this from me. The word would go out that this person or that person has a stock of
food. Windows will be broken and people will ccome in with bags over their heads so one doesn’t know who is taking
the food stores away, and the person who has a lot of stock will find it has been stolen from them. So, in the end,
hording is not a solution, even for those people who think they are clever and have very carefully hidden their food.
People who are starving and frightened will aggressively attempt to find where the food has been buried.