I had been complaining a few weeks ago about how this whole situation is affecting people from a lot of social statuses, but surely the billionaires are likely the few that have been affected less, if they have a private plane and can fly to some location that is of their choosing, in the event that they may have found themselves in some location that is less ideal.. but probably even a lot of them have been negatively affected, even if they have quite a few more options than many of us relatively more normies... .I was not even thinking about the benefits of having my own plane or a helicopter or anything like this, but seems like it could provide options in times like these, that's for sure... oh multi-millionaires might also be able to aspire to private plan status, but surely those in regular fuck-off status would not have those kinds of options, and surely those in piss off status would not even really be considering those kinds of options (except maybe in a kind of fantasy consideration or maybe they would need bitcoin to do at least a 50x from here to be able to get too that private plane level).
Hm. The big trick about money is it can only buy what is for sale. No amount of money shoved into an engine can fix it by itself, and one of the consequences of this kind of disaster could be people having to figure stuff out for themselves instead of just buying the expertise. Example: Me. If I don't have a reasonable work environment, a purpose, and a goal then no amount of shoving money in my face will exceed the value of my life....
Shove bitcoin at me though.... :-)
I really do not want to argue that money buys you happiness or will necessarily relieve you of all of your troubles, because surely I agree with any point that merely throwing money at a situation will not resolve the matter, and also if a really poor person receives a shitload of money, but does not know how to manage money, then the problem might not be solved, except merely temporary.
Nonetheless, I believe that on the margins increased savings (such as a cushion) and increased income have the potential to resolve a lot of problems, including the disproportional impacts of crazy ass times like these. What I am trying to say is that poor people tend to be way more disproportionately negatively impacted than richer people. Whether they deserve it or not might be another question, but any of us who recognize these kinds of problematic areas should be striving to NOT get ourselves into such situations, if we can avoid it.
Let's say a better off person might have resources and means that result in his/her food costing less than 5% of his monthly budget, so if the price of food doubles or triples because of supply shock disruptions, s/he still has a lot of cushion in which s/he can manage his/her budget and still have extra money... so yeah, instead of having food cost 5% of his/her budget s/he instead ends up paying 10% or even 15% out of his/her budget, but s/he can still manage with the remainder.
There may be a more poor person who spends 25% of his/her budget on food, and so when his/her prices go up 2x or 3x, s/he is left struggling because all of a sudden that expense becomes 50% or 75% of his/her budget.
That is just another example trying to show that certain kinds of problems are going to have magnifying and multiplying effects on people who are either living pay check to paycheck and they have not built a savings, and sure, even if money might not solve all problems, it can solve a lot of problems for some people who might not have a lot of financial resources.
By the way, the people who are really struggling do not likely have any way to spare some money for bitcoins, and likely they need to get into a better situation or even to learn money management skills before they might be able to figure out a budget for bitcoin - including the fact that before investing in anything, including but not limited to bitcoin, a lot of times, the rainy day fund needs to be in order, first.