# Then They Fight You
## The ETFs might be coming, but is this something that is going to help Bitcon, or hurt it in the long run?

All great revolutions encounter  resistance as social change moves its way through the people. This can  happen gradually then suddenly, but resistance will be there. People do  not easily change their world views. We (Americans) are about to  experience the next chapter in the great monetary war, by way of a Bitcoin ETF approval. This approval will change the course of Bitcoin adoption for  better or worse, and is a good reason to be warned of what is to come.

The  Bitcoin ETF approval will send a huge message to money managers around  the world, that is that “We, the US Government, deem bitcoin a safe  asset for you to invest in”. Now If you're like me, you could care less  what the SEC says or does, this is freedom money. But for millions of  people across America, this is a big green flag that it is safe to have  BTC exposure.

If you have spent any time on Twitter or have  followed financial markets news then you are probably sick and tired of  hearing about Bitcoin ETF application form updates, pushed deadlines,  insider whispers, and all the nonsense that goes along with this big  moment. For good reason this is getting a massive amount of coverage,  and for that reason alone you should take a pause to contemplate what is  about to happen. The tin foil hat in me is buzzing. Whenever media  coverage is in lockstep, this usually means something is being  coordinated.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."- Mahatma Gandhi

So  what exactly is being coordinated you ask? Good question, I don’t have  the answers, only speculation. I expect the ETF approval to send  shockwaves through markets in one way or another resulting in both  intended and unintended consequences. The part that worries me is that  we are well in the crosshairs of the US Government as a threat to the regime. In the words of Gandhi,  we are firmly in the “then they fight you” stage of the revolution, the  only thing about this fight is that the US Government is likely  fighting unconventionally. There is 100% guarantee that they are  executing psychological operations on social media and trained talking  heads have been running their lines for months. Both of these activities  will increase which will set the stage for US Government intervention  and a possible confiscation scenario. There are so many things happening  right now with the ETF, the halving, the election, the state of the  overall macro economy, the war in the East… so how will this play out?

VAGUE TIMELINE
* ETF Approved
* NY Banking Cartel start heavy accumulation
* Waves of new experts enter the scene, spewing fud, they are here to "fix' bitcoin.
* US Government raises more flags about the threat of Bitcoin to US sovereignty
* NY Banking Cartel accumulation increases as interest soars (Streisand Effect)
* US Government issues 6102 Bitcoin
* US Government launches peg of a CBDC aka Stablecoin variant pegged to newly confiscated BTC
* Criminalization of ethical Bitcoin (KYC-free)
* Fork war of statecoin and Bitcoin
* US Government learns the hard way about how Bitcoin the network defends itself

This  could all be a delusional fantasy from a conspiracy guy, but it’s worth  thinking through to at least consider what we are up against. In the  best case scenario, the US Government does nothing to intervene with the  markets and Bitcoin will take us to the stars. In another plausible  scenario, we could see Mark Goodwin’s Bitcoin dollar thesis come into reality as the US Government discovers that bitcoin is  the most pristine asset and instrument to back the infinite US Treasury  market. Based on the track record of the US Government, I expect them  to intervene in a very negative way, and a lot sooner than anyone could  imagine because bitcoin’s value will shoot up like a rocket. “Gradually  then suddenly will” make a lot more sense as we enter the “suddenly”  stage of the fight.

Despite my doomer outlook on what I expect  from the US Government, I am very optimistic on the individual. I have  seen more building in the Bitcoin space over the past halving epoch than  I could imagine. This war will not be easy and I know for certain that  we will enter the “then you win” stage soon enough.