It is heartbreaking. It gives the truth to the saying: The paranoid survive. You cannot trust humans or the institutions they build, no matter how big or formidable. We've often talked about on SR about diversifying between different currencies, gold, bitcoin etc, and then diversifying access to those resources in case of asset forfeiture. It is an irony that such precautions, for us, on possibly the most wary forum on the network, would ensure our survival whereas regular people who trust in these rusting institutions are thrown into poverty.I think that those trusting in Social Security to feather their nests in old age are in for similar cruel shocks. SS is a official pyramid scheme that depends on the largesse of the State to survive. Since we in debt to the hilt and since we are living in the most peaceful period in history, it doesn't take a genius to work out that any untoward shocks like a war would lead to millions of Americans and Europeans being thrown into the worst kind of poverty. Not to mention the demographic factors which haunt most western countries. You've eaten your children. They have no economic prospects, they're delusional if they think things are going to improve. Most of them are hiding in places of higher education, waiting for "recovery". What a joke. 80 - 90% of Americans believe that the living standard for their children will be worse that what it was for them. The most hilarious thing is that Western governments are throwing huge amounts of resources at the Darknet, far more than the actual GDP of it, so the LE agents seeking our demise are sitting pretty for now. But come the fall, you'll be working for us, or you'll be unemployed, because we have an economic model that actually FUCKING WORKS. It's called Capitalism, you may have heard of it.