The brutal hierarchy of human needs:

From prosperity to crisis, survival logic is all about dimensional reduction‼️
Mild crisis, cash is king;
Moderate crisis, gold is king;
Severe crisis, guns and cannons are king;
Extreme crisis, food is king;
Peaceful prosperity, desires are king.
In economic downturns, what is needed is liquidity; cash is the strongest backing;
When credit collapses, what is needed is value preservation; gold is the most stable support;
When order spirals out of control, what is needed is the right to self-protection; guns and cannons are the strongest barrier;
In life-and-death situations, money and power are worthless; only food can keep you alive until dawn;
And in prosperous times, what drives the world are consumption, aesthetics, and reproduction—ultimately, human desires.
Two pieces of advice for ordinary people:
First, recognize the current stage you're in, stock up on the appropriate chips in advance, and seize the initiative;
Second, suppress your deepest desires—don't be driven by them, or you'll become the cheapest fuel in the cycle of the times.