It's very rare to meet anyone that can perform the thought experiment of "what if Bitcoin was useful as money, but the system itself fundamentally solves for a more general problem. So let's try to describe the general problem and then how Bitcoin solves it."

But the money narrative is 16 years strong and hard to break out, especially when you have PTSD from fighting shitcoiners and big blockers, or too much confidence in pure software, or too much of an aversion to violence. All of which are prevalent among bitcoiners.