[barrkel]

Of course, in the case of a true doomsday situation, gold will also inflate - people will be desperate, and increasing amounts of gold required to get anywhere. Without a functioning economy, everything is scarce => expensive.

[fatdog789]

I have a gun. You have gold. Which do you think is more valuable?

Force trumps money, currency, and metal. In a true doomsday situation, the guy with the gun will always have more in the bank than the guy with the gold.

[BrentRitterbeck]

Yeah, but gold can buy you not only guns, but people with guns.

[barrkel]

Using force to extort people usually ends badly, except for dictators at the top of the chain. You will never find security in weapons.

[fatdog789]

This isn't about using force to extort, this is about using force during an end-of-the-world situation.