assets, commodities and currencies that are much less valuable than buying, accumulating, using and HODLing bitcoin.
JayJuanGee, put down your crackpipe. "Hodling" an imaginary, fake commodity gives you zero power over anyone.
I am not asserting that I have any more power over anyone else; however, I have about 10x more value in fiat because of my bitcoin as compared if I had invested that same money into gold. So, having 10x more value is a kind of increased freedom through increased options.
And, I supposed indirectly, I have increased power over people, especially those who did NOT obtain such appreciation in value. But I am NOT going to tell them what to do, when they are begging on the street, I will just drive by in my lambo while I am partaking in blow and getting blow from a hooker.. just an option, I suppose. I am not judging them merely because they have no hooker, lambo or blow, and I do. So what.
The world can point and laugh at you or use some other pump and dump scam instead of yours like Dogecoin 12.0. The only way you will ever have any type of power is hodling an actual resource, which Bitcoin is not. Even if you were holding some sort of fringe commodity - let's say old superman comic books - it's somewhat a real commodity but it's not an actual resource so the world can still laugh at you.
Yes, I am speculating about the future, but the past performance has already delivered me 10x more than gold, so I probably will be o.k. with merely maintaining that, and I really doubt that bitcoin is going to lose such value against gold (otherwise I could get out of bitcoin, but I don't believe getting out is necessary).... Bitcoin remains as good currently (namely preferable) to gold as it was a few years ago when I got into bitcoin.
What gives you power? Things like control of oil, energy, food, etc, mostly things related to Maslow's Pyramid.
You are getting a bit abstract. Most of my Maslow basic needs have been met, and they were even met when I got into bitcoin, but bitcoin has allowed more freedom to pursue higher levels without worrying about more basic levels.
None of these things are a combination of non-perishable, fungible, portable, etc, so they don't actually work as money.
bitcoin is pretty liquid. I can use it as money or just hold it and wait until later to cash it in, if I want.
The closest thing you can get to having any type of power without standing on top of a piece of land and trying to defend it with an AK-47 from other people or the govt trying to convert your title to non-allodial is something like physical silver, unless you want to attempt to try and hodl uranium or some other exotic and/or dangerous resource. But you aren't getting anywhere without control of an actual resource. Period.
Of course, you can diversify into other assets such as land and guns, if you believe that is necessary. That is a personal choice. You can rent, too, if you want and you can keep value in more liquid forms, such as bitcoin. Bitcoin is more liquid than gold, and especially more portable, divisible, verifiable and able to control without third party interventions.
