Gold and silver. Really??

"Gold and silver are all you can rely on"??? Someone, somewhere, could crash the price of gold and silver if they wanted to.

What pundits should be recommending is investing in useful, high-quality things, like my toaster that is about 30 years old...

But even that is patchy protection if you don't examine your faith! All of this comes back to faith. Like Yuri Bezmenov said.

Your faith goes with you everywhere and you can't hawk it for food or drugs or gas. It is the most important thing. With your faith intact, even if it is tacit and deeply personal, you will be able to help yourself and then others.