Survival isn't limited to the domain of Les Stroud being dropped off alone in North Bumblefuck Canada for a week to live off the land. If you're in a city or the burbs or even a rural town, other people aren't going to cease to exist. Trading with them will be mutually beneficial but trading cases of ammo or pallets of food directly sucks ass and you want to avoid it most of the time. You'll also probably need to pay a "toll" (extortion) now and again. Gold is a universally recognized value placeholder that requires little infrastructure to use.
Unless someone really needs a commodity at that moment, gold will be preferable, because it means they can buy a commodity in the market in the future.
Survival isn't limited to the domain of Les Stroud being dropped off alone in North Bumblefuck Canada for a week to live off the land. If you're in a city or the burbs or even a rural town, other people aren't going to cease to exist. Trading with them will be mutually beneficial but trading cases of ammo or pallets of food directly sucks ass and you want to avoid it most of the time. You'll also probably need to pay a "toll" (extortion) now and again. Gold is a universally recognized value placeholder that requires little infrastructure to use.
Unless someone really needs a commodity at that moment, gold will be preferable, because it means they can buy a commodity in the market in the future.
Money can be manipulated.
So can commodities.
I say "I have 20000 bushels of wheat and I'm gonna dump them on the market tomorrow"
Never mind that I only have 5000 and I want to drop the price to get a bigger position. Manipulation.