So the World as we know it is about to end? Then all this discussion is moot, isn’t it?
Perhaps, but I shall continue to participate as best I can until that time arrives.
My brother has told me the same thing you say for the past fifty years. He says paper money is worthless, yet he won’t give me what’s in his wallet when I suggest that he just give me that worthless paper.
Don’t listen to me, don’t listen to your brother, read up for yourself. Start reading history, esp. monetary history. Learn about the credit cycle, the federal reserve, the great depression, Mises Keynes and Hayek.
Then start applying the knowledge gained to current news and recent history.
At some point during this process you will absolutely freak out. If you don’t you’re not paying attention.
When does the game stop? I don’t know, maybe tomorrow, maybe past the end of my lifetime. I know the Roman Empire went on for centuries!
But most civilizations are not the Romans, and that’s not the way to bet. All I know is that we are way past the point of working within the system. The system is rigged.
Democrats are hopeless, Republicans are just a way to corral the opposition so that they have about the urgency and impact of a box of mewling kittens.
Cash your SS checks and enjoy them. You certainly earned them. Use them to payoff debt, buy things that will be worthwhile now, and after the crash. Use them to enjoy time with your family while you have it.
But prepare for the day when they won’t be there.