Fiat has nothing to do with a falling empire.
What we are witnessing is the failure of capitalism, and the failure of the system which proposed it, the American Empire!
Empire collapsed even when they didn't use fiat money!
There are many ways to inflate the supply of a currency, and that's what empire in a capitalistic system would do, capitalism do not need Fiat money to become the source of evil! Capitalism is just a way to make the richer rich and the poorer poor.
Capitalism is individualism ..
Communism is about community ..
personally I think that if someone is into a community should not be individualistic, the goal shall be to make everyone feel safe, while it seems you are promoting a selfish capitalistic revival on bitcoin