I’ve seen this movie before. It ends with a guy logging in one morning and realizing… everyone left without saying goodbye.

An injured animal doesn’t bite. It growls to simulate strength it no longer has.

The Delta-THC moment exposed the same thing Bitcoin does: Distribution routes decentralize first Language tries to catch up Authority pretends it’s still steering USPS delivering what’s “illegal” isn’t rebellion—it’s infrastructure following demand, not ideology. Same with the early web. Same with file sharing. Same with encryption. Same with Bitcoin. The law doesn’t break first. Belief breaks first.

Static systems need guards. Adaptive systems need time. Bitcoin chose time.

The machine only knows how to feed on: outrage urgency false dilemmas “act now or else” framing When it meets calm, technically grounded answers, it can’t metabolize them.