BItcoin does not (and cannot) provide the following: - roads - streetlights - sidewalks - fire departments - police departments - health inspectors - hospitals - courts - grocery stores - runways - walkways - the roof over your head - the ground under your feet - the air you breathe - the water you drink - etc. Both you and Cadell are ignoring the stultifying number of things in your life that are tied to place that Bitcoin (or any other similar process) can never provide. These processes are transactional - they are a shorthand for the exchange of something intangible, such as value or votes. They have absolutely no handle on the physical - yeah, you can buy US resident alien status for $550k, but you have to buy it from a physical country with physical borders and physical infrastructure. That physicality will never, ever go away. Even if you decide to live forever on a perpetually alight thermonuclear zeppelin, you will always be in someone's airspace, even if it's "international" airspace. International airspace is governed by international treaty, which is cosigned by good, old-fashioned earth-bound nations. You can spend Bitcoin anywhere you want, but you can only stand where your shoes are. No amount of wishing will make it any different.Bitcoin provides a global transaction network and border agnostic purchasing power.