Whether people are stupid or irrational doesn't seem to matter a whole lot. Am I supposed to act dumber & trap myself too? How exactly should I modify my plans?

Bitcoin works at any price, it is valuable because it works in defiance of all sorts of idiotic policy. And so far it appears that the countries which ban it end up with the highest adoption rates.

There are multiple trends going in our favor. Irreversable costs associated with using AI are not compatible with reversible payment systems, so the AI companies who switch to bitcoin first will be most successful. For some reason payment processors seem to be attacking online sex work, which drives them to Bitcoin (porn has been the deciding factor in many technological battles). Many small countries can see that their dependence on foreign currency is a trap so they are paying close attention to Bitcoin. Banks are also bleeding money due to credit card fraud at an accelerating rate because AI makes all sorts of attacks possible at a massive scale. There are a whole lot of people who are just blindly obedient, & those people are a serious risk in a Soviet like environment, but there is also a significant portion of the population that woke up thanks to covid & there is an amazing amount of power in an intolerant minority.