I think the big fear is similar to what happened in the 1930s… we could see another rise of dictators and calls for war as the public get more squeezed and feel like everything is going wrong in their society.

Civilisation is only civilised when the majority feel like the game isn’t rigged against them. I can see the cost of living crisis potentially causing a lot of instability in western societies, and the outcome of that could be bloody indeed…. I’m hopeful that Bitcoin might help prevent this - but I’m not sure… Interesting times, as the proverb goes…