I’d be the type you’d describe as mid-curve. First of all, let’s clear up some misunderstandings. See, I fully understand, we shouldn’t trust corrupt politicians or states. They take our money and use it against us (like the genocide in Palestine). The powerful get richer while the poor get poorer.

However, when you look at corrupt states, you see they use force against their own population. So yes, they might actually turn off the internet. India did that in the occupied part of Kashmir (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/28/in-2022-the-world-saw-187-internet-shutdowns-84-by-india-alone).

Germany has a terrible past, and today they again support genocide. If you speak up, they’ll give you trouble. Corrupt nations don’t care about their people — they want to take their money and keep their populations as a kind of slave class.

The point is, I find it very likely that these same corrupt states will one day understand the power of Bitcoin and raise taxes so high that buying it becomes hard. For rich people, sure, they can move to another country. But for ordinary people, who might struggle to find a job abroad, the situation could look very different.

So, I wouldn’t underestimate the power of corrupt politicians. They’ll bomb babies and call it self-defense — memories of a state called Israel.