I thought it would be a little interesting to see what people think the ultimate root of all problems in this world is.

As for me:

1. The best society for human life is the weakest and least technological, eg, free and independent, sitting on a beach, making love, eating coconuts fish from the lagoon.  However, this isn't very realistic, because any mechanized and ordered society with resulting high technology will always destroy the former out of desire for more resources and control.  So, it is a real human dilemma - the most powerful society with the worst conditions for humanity will always destroy and plunder the weakest society with the best conditions for humanity.

2. The 2nd best society for human life is the agrarian society, but requires parents that do not breed more than their natural resources can provide for.  To do otherwise only creates slaves for human systems, and destroys ability of people to serve others voluntarily.  This was pre-1850 America generally.  Enough industry to defend any invader, but not so much that it was the dominant means of survival.

In my opinion, #2 is the peak of human civilization; a sustainable agrarian society with enough industry to make agrarian life somewhat comfortable and healthy. while also being able to defend itself.  After that, civilization can only move forward into slavery and servitude, plundering in every imaginable way, as people attempt to live off people, instead of the land.  And this is why civilization has a 100% failure rate.  100%.  Make no mistake about it.  No civilization has ever lasted long.  Agrarian societies are by far the longest lasting societies.  And most peaceful.

And so far as bitcoin goes, you better understand this: when usury ends, all society will revert almost instantaneously back the the agrarian age or earlier.  We are living in a cycle of:

-> loans with unprinted interest to increase industrial growth
-> ever-increasing population to generate/consume industrial growth products
-> ever-increasing plunder of humanity and resources (taxation & wealth for free)
to pay the unpayable debts and provide for ever-increasing population densities
-> ever-increasing controls to manage the entire human-engineered system
-> back to more loans to keep things going ...

And when that cycle ends, the whole show comes to a close, and all you got is what you got.
And if you ain't got land, you ain't got shit.