The same way I sort of like to talk about Bitcoin as an insurance policy for, you know,

individual humans, Bitcoin is easily understood as an insurance policy for nation states.

Generally speaking, America promotes a form of political economy that is quite good, especially

in contrast to the 54% of nation states that are sort of aptly

characterized as dictatorships or authoritarian regimes. And our greatest competitor on the

international stage, China is working extremely hard to export a model of political economy that

is just really awful and bad

with respect to human flourishing and human liberty. And I think in those places where China's

working really hard to get a foothold, the existence of Bitcoin is quite beneficial for the

United States. If people are adopting Bitcoin over, say, a digital Yuan, then that is, of course,

on balance, beneficial for America and, like, the West.

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