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 Again one must have enough fiat to be able to buy and save sats.

Over half of America can't come up with $400 for an emergency expense. 

People arnt into bitcoin simply because they do not have the extra fiat money to be. 
 Just zapped you generational wealth according to your own bio.  
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Saving is always an equation of production versus consumption. If you consume more than you produce, consistently, you will not be able to save. Bitcoin does not change this reality.

Saving in fiat adds another element to the equation though - other people can consume the value of your money without you even spending it. This makes saving over long periods impractical and inefficient. The incentive becomes to spend or get into debt, which creates a positive feedback loop where interest payments make saving even MORE difficult.

Bitcoin fixes that problem and allows long term saving to be possible again. You still need to produce more than you consume, but it
1. Makes it easier to save every year
2. Reliably stores value deep into the future 
 Big thanks. You might of just paid for my son's 1st car in full.
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 The average American also spends 2.5 hours per day watching TV. Half of Americans *choose not to be prepared for* a $400 expense.

If you remove responsibility from others, you remove it from yourself too.