Let's not get ahead of ourselves. It's not economical to spend in the hundreds of satoshis. That can extend orders of magnitude higher during periods of high fees. Lightning as a consumer grade solution is probably 5-10 years out, and that's assuming the economics and network effect work as hoped.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Lightning also faces problematic limits in this sense. If you are transacting in satoshi or sub-satoshi amounts that cannot economically be pushed to the mainchain due to fees (or technically due to unit limitations) the security model is not very strong since the last valid (pre-fraud) channel state can't be confirmed by miners.
I'm not 100% sold on the Layer 2 narrative. I think there is a significant non-zero chance altcoins never go away since all Layer 2 solutions involve significant tradeoffs among security, liquidity, useability, and so on. A global fee market with a spectrum from low security altcoins to expensive mainchain BTC is likely to persist.
I completely agree that second layer solutions are not the answer to the scalability issue. Lightning or any other payment channels network is simply a separate payment system, which is connected to Bitcoin, but is not a part of it. Moreover, its properties radically differ from the first layer, which will certainly become a problem for general audience, as common people will not be capable of understanding the difference correctly. If you want to read a bit more on the matter, you can look
here, starting from page 120. Moreover, claiming that Lightning can solve the scalability issue is the same as claiming that fiat can solve it too - simply convert bitcoins into USD, perform any number of transactions you wish and buy bitcoins again in the end. How is it different from payment channels?
This may not be the solution but we can’t stop the government from printing money and they need more funds to fight the virus especially those small countries. The inflation will become more expensive because of this, and I know government know this thing and they must be prepared on that as well. Time will come for the fully adoption of cryptocurrency but for now, it is still not consider as a legal tender but there’s a big potential for this thing to happen soon.
The matter of inflation is not that simple. During the 2008 crisis, the FED issued more than 4 trillion as bailouts, which surprisingly caused near-zero effect on the inflation rate (as a price index). BTW, inflation is not bad and some small rate should be always maintained to avoid a liquidity trap, which is one of the reasons for QE (or printing money) to be applied. Moreover, a liquidity trap and the subsequent deflationary spiral can be even more devastating than hyperinflation.
Be careful with your expectations. The essence of government and should be the main task of the government is to protect its citizens. Are you sure you can escape the role of the state? Many supporters of democracy in my country, when it was hit by globalization, finally realized that open competition and a borderless world were frightening. If globalization alone had a frightening effect on citizens in developing countries what about a purely decentralized financial system. Who gives guarantees can all get the same access and who thinks of individuals who do not have access to these systems.
I am also a bitcoin fan but I am still realistic that bitcoin will only be an option not a solution for all micro and macroeconomic problems. What's wrong with our economy is that the system is not the lubricant.
But don't you think that developing countries are such, because governments protect only a small fraction of their citizens, particularly elite groups? On the example of Singapore, we can see that developing countries do not stay long in such a state, once a person comes into power who actually cares about the citizens. I live in a developing country too and I embrace globalization despite any frightening effect, for I prefer any difficulties it can bring instead of living under the power of these scum in the government. Same with crypto - I would prefer an algorithmic decentralized system instead of scammers who fill their pockets at my expense.