I agree, there are just too many holes in the Bitcoin narrative re: a decentralised currency that replaces sovereign control.

Assaults on liberty are certainly increasing. Tracing back a bit further, once Nixon closed the gold window, we've been steadily bleeding "rights" ever since. The Patriot Act institutionalised the encroachment and the empire has declined precipitously since.

Trouble is, if you look at historical examples, like what happened to the Jewish people in the Polish ghettos, hundreds of thousands of people were carted off to camps before the resistance emerged.

By the time they decided to fight back, three years had elapsed since the inception of the ghettos and over 80% of the population had already been carted off to Treblinka.

The lesson being, once the tyranny train is in motion, it's gradual. It's insidious. And, for us, it's been slowly lurching forward for 50+ years. A couple more "crises" and we'll be fully enveloped, with nary more than a few TikTok videos in protest.

I really appreciate your thoughtful comments, thank you!