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 The are countries whose economies are relatively free, with the constitution placing reasonable restrictions on the government from intervening into it. There is a path towards repairing and regaining lost freedoms. There is a well-articulated, cultural yearning for freedom. Fiat money and central banking is likely the biggest barrier, with Bitcoin being a missing piece of the puzzle.

And then there are others whose constitutions have been butchered by socialist amendments, giving unchecked power to the government to interfere with the prices and the markets. Socialism has infiltrated the culture to such an extent that freedom is almost a bad word. Fiat is one among a long list of problems. Bitcoin alone cannot fix things.