tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123338579877576362.post3977634932951230760..comments2023-10-31T07:07:05.659-07:00Comments on Robert Mix's Blog: New Note From Jonny Bahrain, Gold ConfiscationRobert Mixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141824576251526483noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123338579877576362.post-35732367345062390882011-06-30T00:08:39.034-07:002011-06-30T00:08:39.034-07:00Nick: I totally agree USG agents randomly trawling...Nick: I totally agree USG agents randomly trawling neighbourhoods would be pointless. But I cannot see them going about things in such a random manner. If something like this were to be implemented it would likely be a much more targeted campaign with lists of people who have been known to have bought bullion. <br /><br />It is important to understand the effect a complete societal breakdown will have on people's mental state. For a start individuals will tend to be much more compliant with authority as they look to it for assurance. Also people in such a fragile and vulnerable mindset are much more susceptible to irrational ways of thinking as they look for someone to blame for their current predicament. Friends, neighbours and even family members can turn on each other - look at what happened with the Jews in Nazi Germany. The USG only has to get its PR machine going and evoke that good old American patriotism: "everyone needs to come together and help recapitalize the country; those that hoard PM's are delaying the country getting going again and are prolonging people's suffering. They are traitors of the American people." I think you would be surprised by how many people would volunteer information, perhaps in return for an extra hour of electricity or another loaf of bread.<br /><br />Personally I think it would be a prudent move to let everyone you know think you have sold your PM's. Keep in mind the US WW2 adage: LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS.<br /><br />Robert: if Executive Orders were to be implemented what's to say you will be allowed to keep your firearms? That is one of the first things I would outlaw if I was FEMA. And once homeowners hear how other citizens' entire houses were peppered with bullets (which could even be a staged Psy-Op with fake video footage being circulated), I think most would hand over their weapons or gold or anything else without much resistance.Jonnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119442844302447926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123338579877576362.post-77712899362959972522011-06-29T11:20:04.325-07:002011-06-29T11:20:04.325-07:00"I only aim to demonstrate the USG has a grea..."I only aim to demonstrate the USG has a greater capability to this today than in 1933, particularly given the likelihood of widespread civil unrest occurring following a USD collapse."<br /><br />My thoughts exactly... How hard is it to get the bullion dealers' lists of customers and details? It's for the Patriot Act and "Poof!" a warrant. Easy pickings.Dagny Taggarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957423205284751426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123338579877576362.post-53061284304588750072011-06-29T09:59:31.794-07:002011-06-29T09:59:31.794-07:00i feel it would be a worthless cause to go around ...i feel it would be a worthless cause to go around to the millions of homes only to find a minute fraction of them containing a small bullion position. If it got down to civil unrest, I'm sure the gov/military would have plenty of other things on their hands than raiding the 'shrimps' houses. <br /><br />It more realistically seems that those with unallocated gold or paper gold will in a way have their wealth confiscated as they will never be able to receive physical from those. <br /><br />I also think FOFOA's analysis of the extreme taxation on mining in a post Freegold environment to be much easier to enforce. <br /><br />Also, throughout many of his articles FOFOA describes how part of the Freegold system entails that the public need to have gold for it to work, and that gov's would want us to have gold.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775808828525671894noreply@blogger.com