The Bible says, "...you shall know them by their deeds." It does not say by what they say. Look at gold as a prime example. When things REALLY get bad, the ultra rich put their money into gold and diamonds (take action, not talking). Neither has seen a massive uptick in price, so it's not happening. If the ultra rich are not all that concerned about all of this, neither should we be.
Yes, never trust mercenaries. The other option is a conversation like this:
“You know those rubles Putin paid you in, they are now worthless. How about you take $50 million of the USD we just got and go gnome hunting in the Urals?”