{"id":25315,"date":"2017-09-06T19:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25315"},"modified":"2017-09-06T19:54:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T00:54:50","slug":"why-you-might-as-well-paint-a-giant-bulls-eye-on-your-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25315","title":{"rendered":"Why you might as well paint a giant bulls-eye on your bank account"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why you might as well paint a giant bulls-eye on your bank account<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Vegetarians be forewarned\u2026 you won\u2019t like what follows.<\/p>\n

We slaughtered a pig yesterday at the farm. I have two freezers full of pork now, and countless strips of bacon curing in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written about this before\u2013 out here at the farm I\u2019m able to organically produce almost everything that I eat\u2026 meat, eggs, rice, nuts, and just about every kind of fruit and vegetable imaginable. A lot of it gets canned and stored.<\/p>\n

We even grow wheat which we turn into organic flour, plus oats and all sorts of other grains.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve described in the past, this is a pretty powerful feeling. I know that, no matter what happens in the world, I\u2019ll always have a source of food.<\/p>\n

And even if it\u2019s all rainbows and buttercups from here on out, I get to eat clean, organic food. There\u2019s hardly any downside.<\/p>\n

Invariably as I meet people throughout my travels around the world, I\u2019m always asked why I spend so much time in Chile.<\/p>\n

I usually tell them about my business ventures here and that I founded a company that\u2019s rapidly becoming one of the largest blueberry producers in the world.<\/p>\n

But when I talk about the farm and growing my own food, people often respond with furrowed eyebrows and a hint of derision\u2013 \u201cOh, so you\u2019re, like, preparing for the end of the world\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if embracing a little bit of independence and self-reliance requires paranoid delusion and chronic pessimism.<\/p>\n

Fortunately I\u2019m no longer in middle school, so my decisions aren\u2019t based on what the cool kids might think.<\/p>\n

In truth I\u2019m wildly optimistic about the future.<\/p>\n

Yes, there will come a time when bankrupt western governments will have to suffer the consequences of their reckless financial decisions.<\/p>\n

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