Complete societal collapse, hard to say what, beyond the basics, would be useful as a medium of barter.

But, in a society facing major issues, e.g., hyper inflation, or say, a US government default, yeah, gold is a pretty decent hedge bet.

The traditional safe haven has been government debt but that’s been seen as an increasingly risky bet where you could lose a lot of money to inflation or worse, government default/intervention.

So, while not ideal, gold at least seems a better bet than most other “safe” places to put one’s money.

This feels like ragebait or you need to read or watch more modern stuff.

I love rocking tebacious D at karaoke, the right crowd gets into it and ends up yelling along and everyone seems to appreciate attacking with more gusto than skill.

Part of why I generally go with Double Team, many fun stage effects etc.

Thanks for the context, OP seems a bit of a goof.

Making a weird complaint post based on one interaction is reddit drama level boring/silly.

The life aquatic studio sessions - Seu Jorges covering Bowie in Portuguese.

Lucky you! I am 0% surprised she’s funny, that combination of smarts n funny is what makes her writing so goddamned good.

Incorrect answer but I’m very excited every time she has a book, Mary Roach.

Yeah, this isn’t going to be productive or interesting.

Have a nice day.

Tenth among European nations in the 60s isn’t particularly good and is not thr standard that makes Norway the model everyone wants to emulate.

Consider how much of Europe was under communism or fascism and there’s really not a lot of competition.

It wasn’t a terrible place but not the high quality with which we currently associated Norway.

Not every liberal democracy is America.

If you want to understand, you might go to Canada where strict campaign finance laws generally reign in billionaires.

previously established

In other words, Norway established this stuff pretty quickly when oil was discovered. That’s wildly different from taking over existing private enterprise.

People really don’t like it when you take things away as opposed to having a set of rules before anyone begins.

Lithium is not nearly as profitable as oil. It costs a huge amount to extract and refine (China has such a chokehold on critical minerals, not because they have so much more but because they’ve built an incredibly efficient set of supply chains.)

And personally, I am very much not in favour of tearing down what little protected land is left in America. But you will be happy to know that trump strongly agrees with you and is opening up a swathe of public land for oil and gas.

previously established

In other words, Norway established this stuff pretty quickly when oil was discovered. That’s wildly different from taking over existing private enterprise.

People really don’t like it when you take things away as opposed to having a set of rules before anyone begins.

All of a nations natural resources rightfully belong to the people

Yes and we have a liberal democracy to determine how best to use them. Thankfully, most folks understand that simply nationalizing resources comes with huge reprecussions which greatly outweigh the gains.

Do you have a successful example of your proposal in mind?

If you’re going to start nationalizing previously established resources, that’s going to have all sorts of wild reprecussions and is not what Norway did.

But beyond the logistics, which similarly profitable resources are you thinking of?

Norway admittedly has gigantic, relatively recent, oil and gas reserves that allow it to fund all sorts of social programs. Not saying those are bad or anything, just not a particularly exportable model.

It seems a little wild to plan a wedding at which the bride wouldn’t be considered legally responsible enough to have a celebratory drink. But if your folks are all good with it, I imagine there’s some cultural context I’m missing.

Do you feel like you are much different than you were at say, 15? And similarly different then as to the man you were at 10?

It is different but still, imagine one of your best friends from childhood. With the benefit of hindsight, would you be confident saying you’d be best friends until death, let alone the trials and tribulations of raising a family?

That being said, you know your situation better than I.

This is a lowkey perfect answer, well done.

Let me spin that little statement of yours around since you want to try and sound smart, you go to buildings of grocery stores, banks .etc for free.

There are few things funnier than watching someone being condescending while making the dumbest argument imagineable.