A depression is good news for people who don’t mind getting rich off the misery of others. The longer the downturn lasts, the more money you can make in a variety of “borderline-legal” and “semi-ethical” but high-paying home businesses!
Businesses like kitchen dentistry, toilet-paper gouging, road-kill take-out, unlicensed beer, wine and whisky sales, amateur protection rackets, backyard burial services and many, many more.
The scenario isn’t pretty, but make no mistake – it can work to your advantage if you go to work without delay. For starters, you should hoard items that everybody will need after the collapse – items like toilet paper, condoms, knives, guns, bullets, birth control pills, clean water and food. You also need to prepare yourself psychologically to take advantage of neighbors, family members and friends in the toughest of Fortune 500 traditions. This is not a strategy for ‘people who care about people.’ It’s a strategy for people who care about money – and who want to get rich at any cost.
The good news is that you don‘t need a lot of money to make a lot money during a depression. A basic understanding of capitalism – and a willingness to put compassion on the back burner while you extract wealth from desperate people in desperate need – are all it takes to accumulate riches in the worst of times.
