I think in the long run Bitcoin will make it impossible for govts to print money, very difficult for govts to collect taxes, & very easy for people to move with all of their wealth. Exit taxes will be (is already for the knowledgeable) almost completely unenforceable. The lack of money printing means that govts like the US gov & China cannot exist in anything like their current forms. I think a breakup is likely & competition between smaller states will provide a pretty effective check on govt abuse as adoption spreads. It's possible that it may actually increase the number of competitive monarchies in the world & reduce the number of democracies. Lichtenstein is one of the most libertarian nations in the world today & it is a principality. But maybe private ownership or management will trump them both, idk.

The libertarian continuum in my mind is something like Milton Friedman > Hayek > Ayn Rand > Murray Rothbard

David & Patri Friedman (son & grandson of Milton) are definitely on the Rothbard end of things, as are Tom Woods, Dave Smith, Karl Hess, Larken Rose, and my brother & I

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Great. Then Bitcoin may allow future generations to witness what would be the ideal structure. Whether it is something like what Milton Friedman have in mind, or more like what Rothbard has in mind

Too bad it is very likely to not be within my lifetime. But at least my child may witness it. That's enough for me