1. Agreed.
2. Do you think so? Why can’t they just be—or at least, why can’t some of them be—desperate, batshit crazy, or clueless about what to do?
3. I don’t see Bitcoin as a real escape from a centrally controlled dystopian scenario anymore. It migh work in a SHTF scenario. Otherwise, it’s just a good portfolio-diversification tool or a speculative asset for Wall Street gamblers in a nothing-really-ever-happens scenario.
