I feel a need to repeat myself:
How hard are you hallucinating my friend ????
I have been lucky to be debt free almost all of my grown life (not an american) and it doesn't make me "win" whatsover ;D
I can be fined if I don't register my address, I can be fined if I don't carry an ID on me, and I don't have a say to how much tax I want to pay or where my tax euros are going to.
Mister @Chris Liss has made a beautiful point here about how cold storage disables authorities abuse our freedoms in secrecy. For example @Lyudmyla Kozlovska had many great conversations on different podcasts about authoritarian regimes (and not only) blocking funds, and we only know about it cause people like her are dedicating their lives to make it public.
They can block a bank account (say, Russias) with no fuss, but they can't quietly cease the BTC of say, El Salvador
