Sovereign Individual by Rees-Mogg and Davidson is a book that has influenced my thinking. Themes in that book continue to today despite being published in the late 90's.

Inevitably it is the productive class that will lead to the demise of the State in its current shape. The reason is because it's the largest hindrance to building wealth, so the prize for figuring out how to circumvent the State's control carries with it the biggest reward imo. I think there are already strategies that people are using to achieve this. They just aren't mainstream... yet.

What should one do? Withdraw one's energy from the State. For most fiat miners, not an easy option, so hodling is the best next thing whilst learning about money and Bitcoin.