Premiums are too high on precious metals. The only one making money are the dealers, everyone else is getting gypped. There is no eartly reason why a coin they buy for 24 bucks should be sold for 32 or 36 bucks. 2 or 3 bucks a coin premium is ok, anything more is theft.
Talk to old people. Every generation lives through the endtimes. The great Depression, Dust Bowl and WWII was the last time. This is this time. Some people thought the American Civil War was an endtime.
Elections have consequences, especially the stolen ones.