America shows all the signs of an empire in decline. The core problem is that Americans take for granted their privileged place in the world. Those on both sides/all sides demand more rights and less taxes. The state is expected to perform all the functions demanded of a global hegemony but with less and less support from its people. On the right Libertarians want less government and deny climate change as the existential threat that it is- and on the left liberals demand more rights - while being owned by corporate sponsors. The inescapable lesson history teaches is such a state of the nation makes it vulnerable to competing nation states who vie for position, power, wealth and resources.

Can Bitcoin provide some hope- yes it already has- it has already provides a savings vehicle which restores the individuals ability to accumulate liquid capital free of debasement and usury.

Bitcoin is a model for how algorithms can treat all people equally without fear or favour- it is a model for how international trade could be settled via an entirely neutral protocol- neither Chinese or US.