What good will that gold do you in a societal collapse? Eventually you’re so called ‘haves’ will run out of food as well and sucking on gold won’t get you anywhere. Many with guns and knowledge will just take what they want until the meet their demise. Cities will crumble first and considering those with the most wealth are in or close proximity to cities I wish them luck because they won’t last long.
There’s many ‘have nots’ that can survive quite well without gold. They’ll stay off the grid and continue on like nothing happened with a few minor interruptions.
He who owns the gold, owns the world. It has always been that way... Unless the gold is taken by others which in a societal collapse proves there’s more stupid people around.
You’re ignoring the fact that the “haves” also possess the arms & ability to defend the gold. Why can’t you see this?
They will be eating & drinking, while the others kill each other off.
Not everyone dies, the smart & rich ones will barely know it happened
There will always be SOME food somewhere. Those who grow or maintain or transport the food will always have the first access. In a collapse, who do you think that these producers will trade with first? The rabble who have nothing and are likely to be violent since they have no other recourse... or those with means to trade (like gold, or ammunition, or alcohol, or fuel, etc)?
It is a simple fact of life that in just about every corner of existence, it is better to have means than to not have means. Nobody ever hopes to be poorer, and that is because it sucks to be poor, and not have the means of exchange for the things we want and like in life.