Let's imagine that things are going to get much worse, before they get better. As seen in "Atlas Shrugged", "The Mandibles", "The Road to Serfdom" and a number of other fiction or non-fiction books on the subject of decadence.

The drivers could be mass immigration, population decline, aging, mass unemployment or just good old fiscal irresponsibility and socialism. Or a combination of all of them.

The point is that the current western system, defined by huge welfare states, massive government spending, hyperregulation, high taxation, ballooning debt and increasing surveillance and control is unsustainable. Without major reform it will decline and eventually collapse.

The good news is that Bitcoin, Nostr and other tools will make the future much brighter. Whatever replaces the old system will have stronger protection for individual rights, enforced by technology instead of government fiat.

But the moment of crisis will not be pretty. Bankrupt governments will become unbelievably rapacious, unpredictable and unhinged. They will look for people to blame and they will look for victims to loot.

How can you protect yourself and your family?

The best way is mobility. Exit is powerful. Leaving the country that is persecuting you and moving to one that welcomes you is an obvious solution that has worked for millions. Nation states and their enforcers are still very much limited by geographical boundaries. Just ask anyone who left Venezuela 20 years ago if they made the right choice. Ask Ayn Rand why she left Russia in 1926. Ask Friedrich Hayek if he regrets leaving Austria in 1938!

But what if you cannot or will not leave the country? How do you protect your family and your property from the worst of the crisis?