All paper currencies fail, none has ever lasted more then 100 years and the countdown for the USD started over 30 years ago.
GATA has documented the disbursement of the Worlds gold reserve in an attempt to hold the price down and tell the world there is no inflation: http://gata.org/
In this case, Jim means defend yourselves with Gold/Silver since paper money will be debased across the board, but history also tells us that FIAT money failure has always been hidden behind war…Iran...