I think anyway people can barter outside the next system will come under attack.
As Mike Maloney said well in his best-selling book, Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver:
“Confiscation all comes down to this: the government makes the rules, changes the rules, and enforces the rules. Though it lacks the moral right, it can create legal authority. Though it lacks the constitutional empowerment, it can turn a blind eye to the Constitution… The Constitution did not stop the government from taking people’s gold in 1933.”
There’s a lot more on deck here than just PMs but your point is well taken especially knowing that the past too easily becomes prologue and there is a history of confiscation to go by.
