Hmmm. I think you stumbled across the real reason with your "fear of the unknown" - I strongly suspect that Americans are in a comfort zone, one which they fear to venture out of.

The reality is already that the American government is shocking in the treatment of it's citizens. I strongly dispute that the legal system is "fair to all", the rich get great lawyers and get away with murder, while the poor are bullied by police in false confessions or slapped into jail based on faked evidence. America jails about 10000 people a year WRONGFULLY, and exonerates only 200 or so. That's a TERRIBLE legal system, and I would not put my faith in that.

This is the country which is after Assange for publishing the truth, the country which is after Snowden for letting Americans know that their government is spying on each and every one of them. No my friend, the USA is already WAY past the point where it needs to be stopped. The governmental machine is druk with power and feels nothing for the rights of the individual.

Crypto is already a necessity, but I have news for you: even if crypto didn't exist, the days of the dollar remaining king would still be numbered.

I predict that we will increasingly see power shift from West to East within our own lifetimes. The West is tied up in bureaucracy, inefficiency, political correctness, anti-military sentiment and general corruption, while the East is going about it's business of growing in size and power.

I don't fear the unknown, I embrace it. I fear that the status quo remains - in which case the tyrants will become increasingly worse. Nobody wants a violent revolution - but that is a possibility if things remain as they are. America fought the Brits for independence, they fought themselves too. Never be afraid of fighting for what is right.