TL;DR: Bitcoin Has Been Co-Opted By The Financial System, And The World Needs A Decentralized, Private, Stable Currency — We are all dependant on a global financial system that has no competition, that is morally and politically corrupt, inefficient, and that is universally protected by every major power. For most people in the western world this dependence is not terribly inconvenient, or limiting. It’s just the way things are…