by Snowrunner » Sun 14 Dec 2008, 17:37:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'F')orget the Taxes problem for a moment then.
If said Rothschild owns a tract of arable land in the UK, with 65 million people stuffed on that island and no MONEY to control an army, just HOW would said Rothschild hold onto that land or any food that grows on it?
You only own that which you can control, and if you do not have MONEY to buy soldiers and buy loyalty, protecting your land is a mighty difficult thing to do.
Food. You stock up on supplies, you can grow more of your own and you provide shelter and food to those who are willing to protect it.
If TSHTF then people will flock to an opportunity like this because most people haven't prepared for this (or can't).
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hen a roving bunch of East End Londoners comes a calling, do you think even if Jacob Rothschild starts showering them with Gold Coins from his basement they are going to leave him on his land with his food? Who has the Power in this situation?
Not at all, if he's smart by then he has a bunch of goons he's feeding and arming and they will dispatch anybody who gets too close.
If the monetary system completely breaks down then all bets are off and those with the biggest guns, leadership ability and no scruples will prevail.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ho knows who it is? It might be some Clerk or some ex-Auto Worker or some local Drug Ganglord. The power will change many times here in the spin down, but to be sure those who are in power NOW will not be the ones in power at the end of it all. The Evil will all consume each other in the persistent grab for power, until they are all burning in hell. At the end of the the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth.