Ultimately, price does not matter, but price IS everything for normies which we agree on.

Nothing else said about bitcoin would matter if it traded like a shitcoin. You need constant NgU to both validate everything said about bitcoin and clearly demonstrate how hard money trends against soft money. You need fiat normies to understand that, $$ price is the most translatable metric.

Only disagreement i have here. At the end of the day, price teaches you NOTHING about bitcoin, other than the fact that it's getting more expensive. Like you said, $$ price can be manipulated easily. What if the price went down over that year? Certainly wouldnt be teaching them how bitcoin is an inflation hedge. Those sats you give your friend will just end up in a CEX's hands if they don't understand why bitcoin gets more expensive over time.

Let the price hook you, then forget about it to learn about bitcoin