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And when it runs out, those of us who have made sacrifices now to provide for old age will be a wealthy, "privileged" target.


But only because there was no will to sacrifice the wealth of the wealthiest, all a fiction of effectively fancy spreadsheets. Surprised this would catch up with us?


Being in a position to make sacrifices for retirement can also be a privilege.


Those of us who have the foresight to make such sacrifices should also have the foresight to structure our investments to make them resilient against redistribution.


You can fight taxes, you can’t fight a central bank money printer that inflates it away. There’s only so many hard assets.

Wealth is a shared delusion, and laws are mutable and a function of the times and zeitgeist. Keep this in mind.


I suppose the "our" in that "our investments" is the socialist "our".

Your investments? Nay, comrade. OUR investments.




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