90% of US job growth post-2020 = foreign workers.

Same corps pushing AI data centers offshore while domestic surveillance state expands to police every minor move.

Result? More people checking out of real life entirely.

We're trading local opportunity for global labor arbitrage + panopticon governance. Not bullish for social cohesion or individual freedom.

This macro backdrop matters for crypto adoption. When trust in institutions craters and privacy erodes, decentralized alternatives become necessity, not ideology.