I've spent a whole lot of time thinking about this topic in the past few years. I do think it's fair or possible to point out a mutual exclusion. To say the "fiat" (agreed, everything wrong with the world) problems are _solved_ with bitcoin. I'm not almighty enough to determine what solution WILL solve what problem.
What I do often think about is the idea that to function "in a modern society" requires a consistent tolerance for increasing pressure and responsibility on the individual, from the collective, and a large target I can point to is inflation. This of course is can be greatly over-simplified for online chat. This idea is enough to write a novelette about.
I just mean that it seems like there is more requirement to work harder than anticipated to achieve the same results you could have had a few years prior, that is continually disappointing, and continually requires reshaping your own perspective to tolerate the "things you can't change".
I'm sure you could counter again with perspective, and that's not lost on me. But the idea that myself and everyone I knew grew up with, didn't include the concept that you will need to work harder, and earn more every single day, just to afford the same thing you had the day before. That's a pretty black-pilling concept. I think the cognitive dissonance this causes, explains this exact topic. There is too much discomfort between the ideal (the perceived stability we had yesterday) and the reality, and people can't cope, and they surely can't take on new responsibility.
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