Control is the goal, governments are desperate. And there's nothing more dangerous than a desperate government. Being put on an offender list is for regular people, the ones that speak too loudly are "suicided".

Honestly, I stopped believing that governments care that much about security. They mostly want to keep people in fear so that they can be somewhat under control. Especially now that communication bandwitldth is free and quasi infinite. It doesn't matter what the fear is and if it is actually real or not or even purposely made up. Viruses, Russians, robbers, migrants, terrorists, it's all good. Also, fighting those fears allows to legally funnel public money to the friends of those in power. 1984, Covid, once you see the constant psyops, you can't unsee it.

Amen💯

There's benefit in keeping an open mind, learning, and having all non fiat, non leveraged assets. One side effect is sleeping well at night, especially for the late joiners, more will join. I like gold, it could go 4x from here, I like BTC, could go to the moon from Here. I like Uranium, silver, copper, oil, and yes a bit of trashy fiat is good too, think optionality, and debasement the price to pay for optionality. I listen to and respect the smart ones, may the be kiddos, genXers or the boomers who have been through wild times and have grown stronger, wiser, and yes, richer. Wisdom over ego.