Global adoption can't happen soon enough, what a crock of shit this fiat banking system is.
What happened exactly?
There's a reason there is a sarcastic saying that implies people don't work much, it's called "working banker's hours." Global adoption of Bitcoin will be great but I think the fiat system needs to remain for Bitcoin to flourish. If the fiat system disappears the Bitcoin system will be completely exposed to manipulation (as we've seen with fiat.)
Yep, and then you'll see Bitcoin being the 'fiat' and some form of new system touted as the answer.
There is no escaping manipulation in a truly zero strings attached "free" market system - in fact, as you alude to - it's guaranteed. For this simple fact, you need a control element inside that "free market system" which at most mitigates most of the instability created by these manipulating agents. Banks should not that entity, and if governments is/are going to put it under their jurisdiction they need employ tools that are as generic and corruption-resistant as possible...but because people form governments and greed is an inherent disease inside mankind's basic nature - there is no reality where manipulation will not occur.
It's just flawed because humans are flawed.