I suppose we could boil it down to a simple, but unanswerable question. I honestly believe they are capable of trying anything they think they can get away with. So the question is, just what do they think they can get away with?
It is (more or less) openly admitted they want to “nationalize” your 401K. Which is confiscation. Do they think they can get away with it? Mmmm, they aren’t yet sure, still waiting for the right circumstances to fall into place.
And while we speculate, we really have no true idea of how bad a worst case scenario could actually be, should it come to that.
This I am certain of, in a severe depression, we can expect a lot more lawlessness on the part of citizens (and don’t forget the 15-20 million illegals). We do not have the morals and values of 1930 that can be counted upon to maintain civilized behavior to the degree of that time. And a lot of us do not have the naive faith and trust in government that our grandparents had at that time. I for one don’t intend to rely on any government institution to protect my family or property.
I think we’re on the same page. Many things the government does (and esp. doesn’t do) makes no sense unless one is willing to accept some very difficult conclusions.
My view is that the rule of law, sanctity of contracts, human rights of property, self-defenses, etc - these are what count. The loss of an objective standard of money replaced by whatever is just one aspect of a continual erosion of the republic, none of this was haphazard or built out of expediency but by conscious design and malice aforethought. It is ironic that the US fought a horrible war to end slavery, and while it may sound like hyperbole, it seems the inescapable conclusion is that we are headed that way again, it’s just so obvious. I am at least encouraged that there are many such as yourself that are aware of this, albeit it wasn’t really that long ago I was still laboring under the illusion things would work out OK, but generally speaking the level of awareness is much greater than just a few years ago. Don’t get me wrong I love our country but there are major problems (that were foisted on everyone for exactly the reasons outlined) and there is no ignoring them. In fact they will be used as intended, to extract the desired outcome. People will be begging for the government to “do something” - and, well you know the rest. God speed.