I don't get why bitcoin will rise only as a result of forks.

My opinion is that bitcoin will rise simply because people will get into bitcoin more and more and bitcoin's popularity as well as media coverage will soar as a result. nothing special here about forks or whatever. A lot of people actually dump fork coins as soon as they come out.

In my opinion, $100k per BTC is very likely to happen, but only if we give enough time. No way it's going to happen within this current decade, but maybe the next.