Yes, I take your point about history and what happens when empires fall. You could say the fall of Rome led to decentralization.

And yes, people will act in their own self-interest. I guess the point I was trying to make is that crypto is making it in the self-interest of the global elites/corporations to have a real U.N.

That self-interest might be completely irrelevant, if the system is simply unsustainable and will inevitably 'fail to scale'.

It's hard to argue with history, unless you believe that humanity is in the midst of an evolutionary leap forward that breaks all past trends, which I do. Covid-19 awakened humanity to itself as a unified global species in a way that has never happened before. That new thought/awareness changes everything, in ways that no one can predict yet. And let's not forget the basic consensus among governments globally in response to it.

I think we're on brand new turf, telling a new story without a predictable outcome. Which is actually pretty exciting. And it's why I'm an idealist who still thinks a completely nonviolent transition to a crypto-based system is possible.