Thank you to the Truth Reporter for submitting this opinion piece to UNN.
This article has been written in response to a request from one of our community for an opinion on what strategies can be employed to protect one’s wealth during uncertain times. I am happy to respond to this request and am grateful for the opportunity that UNN provides to share my knowledge, so thanks to Stop UK Marriage Fraud for requesting this article. I hope it helps.
First of all some basics need to be established. I am not a registered financial adviser and most of what you will read here will be met with horror by a high street finance professional, these people work as part of the system that I am trying to protect you from so this is no real surprise. Additionally, most of your friends and family will not understand what you are doing or why. If you have perceived the need to protect your assets and are reading this article then you are already far more aware than 90% of people and at some point you’ll need to understand that you cannot save everyone and everything, you grab what you can and get out.
My last caveat is that this is not a ‘get rich quick’ scheme – it is not an investment strategy, it is a wealth protection strategy. When you are faced with massive losses you take steps to save as much as you can – that in itself has costs attached – much like an insurance policy. The decision you must weigh is how you perceive the risk and how much you are prepared to lose if it all goes wrong.
To begin this process we must understand what we are trying to achieve. There are two steps involved. First you must understand the system in which you are operating. Second you take your wealth out of this system and place it beyond the reach of those who will seek to take it.
The faith people put into the financial system is massive and very puzzling. If you look at how close we came to systemic collapse in 2008 you will be puzzled too. In Alastair Darling’s memoirs he admits very starkly that there was a point where we were two hours away from the shutdown of the entire chip and pin network and all the cash points. I have provided a link for you read below. Be in no doubt – the entire world financial system was going to simply stop working. That system was saved but not cured. That system has been on life support since 2008 – kept alive with injections of fake capital, copious doses of propaganda, lies and deception. This cannot and will not go on indefinitely. When the system finally expires it will be replaced with something much worse.
To keep this article concise I am going to assume you know the difference between hard assets and bank deposits. If you want more depth please read my article ‘The invisible cage’ which is also on this website.
First and foremost, the banking system is not your friend. When you deposit cash at the bank it is no longer yours. You have become a creditor of that bank and although almost all of the time you can withdraw your money, there are circumstances when they can refuse and there are circumstances as the article I linked to explains when they can’t pay you at all.
Sadly we cannot live in the modern world without banking so unless you want your life to be very tiresome indeed you’ll need your bank account. My advice is treat your bank account like a bonsai tree – keep it tightly trimmed. If you’re paid monthly then work out how much you need for essential direct debits, add a small buffer amount and then withdraw the rest as cash.
Holding cash at home has security implications, you must accept that it is your responsibility to maintain the security of your home and your property. Taking responsibility and understanding risk is one of the key transformations that you will have to go through to become independent of the system. I can’t stress this point enough – if you want freedom from the system then you have to be able to stand on your own two feet and secure what you own. At that point you don’t need a ‘system’ insulating you from all the nastiness in the world – when you can do that yourself you have become free.
Keeping your account trimmed to the bare minimum has another very positive effect – it stops you buying stuff you don’t need online. I must admit I am guilty of this, it’s so easy to browse for gadgets or trinkets online or buy oddments on Ebay you can live without. If the money is safe in a strongbox and your account is empty bar what is required to pay bills then you can’t just spend at random.
If something is really worth having that much then you can go out and buy it with your cash, by making the path between want thing and buy thing a little more difficult you force yourself to ponder if that new phone or dress is really justified right now.
Once you have daily spending under control look to fortify your investment and savings positions. Most people have their money invested in their home and their pension. If you have a mortgage with many years left to run then you are largely stuck with it since unless you can downsize to a point where you could buy your home outright you will have to continue to service the mortgage. If your mortgage is soon to finish then consider ending it by making extra payments as soon as you can.
If you are renting then you have a degree of freedom since you do not have money tied up in an asset that you cannot move or hide. You are paying rent for the benefit of living at an address, this is a simple business transaction. At the end of the day, you have to sleep somewhere and you have to factor these costs into your plan.
Money invested in ISAs and basically all other investment vehicles including pensions must be considered at risk, the interest rates offered on these plans varies but mostly these days they are derisory. You have to ask yourself serious questions if the return on these investments is worth the risk of letting the system have custody of your money. Glossy brochures with pictures of happy pensioners enjoying a cocktail on a cruise ship are a common image used to convince you that as long as you trust these people then you have a secure and joyous future ahead. I urge you to reconsider this in the light of the current situation.
If you want to save for the future, I have brutally simple advice. Buy gold. You can buy gold in various forms, coins and bars are the most common and easiest to trade. Use a reputable bullion dealer, there are several online firms who will sell you gold via post securely. British sovereigns are a good start, they are relatively cheap and readily fungible – any decent jeweller will buy them if you need to liquidate them.
You can store a very large amount of wealth in gold bullion in a very compact space. Remember though you are entirely responsible for this – if you lose it then you’ve lost it. Do not show your gold off to family or others, do not tell anyone where it is. Consider using a safety deposit box if you do not feel confident you can secure your gold at home.
In order to understand this strategy you must consider the most extreme scenario you could ever face and see if your strategy still works. Let’s do that. It won’t be nice – but let’s do it.
Imagine that a hostile power invades your country, removes the government and imposes its own regime. You decide you want none of this and you need to get out. Will the owner of a fishing trawler take Barclaycard? No. He might however take 20 gold sovereigns to ferry you to France to escape.
Yes, the above is an extreme example but it shows the power of wealth that you can hold in your hand, wealth that is not dependent on the internet or technology or even electricity. If you have gold then you have wealth. If someone has something you really need you can trade – you don’t need a bank, you don’t need a smartphone… business gets done.
This is not an advertisement for gold, it is an honest explanation of the weakness of our system and the ways in which it works tirelessly to keep you in the game. It is little different from the adverts on TV for online Bingo – they want you to just keep on playing.
Stepping out of the game requires thought, discipline and courage – you will attract criticism and derision from your peers, you will lose some of the convenience that the system provides you with and you will have to accept a great deal more personal responsibility for your safety, security and property – but you will have freedoms that few others enjoy.
A final thought – if you’re worried about the issues above then research and learn, the time to act is now.
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