YES, in troubled economy of an environment or country, how to survive becomes the struggle of the people and if bitcoin is available they are definite to survive, even in my country we have been battling with economy recession but we have always been able to survive the hurdles with this great opportunity.
Bitcoin will allow some people to survive in better condition than if it did not existed but unfortunately not everyone can get access to bitcoin or its benefits, this is happening in countries like Venezuela that are in a severe economic and political crisis and some are using bitcoin to survive those awful conditions, the problem is that governments see this and they do not like it, it seems they prefer to see their country fully destroyed by their actions than to see some people prosper using a different currency.