Many Bitcoiners think we are winning the war. We are not even winning battles, but this is not unique to Bitcoin. We have entered a new phase of humanity, a phase where anything goes. The US has seen that it was losing a lot of ground to China and Russia and has wanted to make a stand. This is the result of the end of the cycle: may the strongest win.
The US is heading towards total technocracy, modernizing the dollar and its financing system through stablecoins.
Europe is heading towards total communism, zero privacy, confiscatory taxes, and zero freedom.
I can't comment on China and Russia; I don't know enough about them.
Here, we are already in the "every man for himself" phase, which is why I am becoming even more pragmatic.
The world you dreamed of with Bitcoin will never happen. What you have is a dystopian present where you need to use tools outside the state, such as Bitcoin and Monero, and the future will be much worse.
It's not the dream scenario, but you can be thankful you have these tools, otherwise it would be even worse.
You'll have to accept that the future is going to be more like Terminator or The Matrix and that you are John Connor or Neo, you are the resistance.
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