What I am ultimately getting at here in the theme of my post is that there is no other coin besides Bitcoin, which you can trust can be held over the long term. What are your thoughts?
I agree with you. Talking about currencies I see no other alternative besides Bitcoin for long term gains. Even dollar and euro which used to be strong currencies to be used as reserve of value aren't trustful anymore. They are also heavily impacted by inflation, so we have to appeal to Bitcoin currency or another categories of investments such as stocks market and real estate. Anyway, I wouldn't pick any currencies besides Bitcoin to hold considerable sums of money.
And in my opinion everyone who cares about their future should start thinking on this same direction in order to thrive and remain relatively sustainable and autonomous in this chaotic world. Bitcoin is one of the few things we can trust nowadays because there isn't a central figure behind it changing the protocol (or the rules of the game) all the time.
On the other hand, that is what happens in our countries in real time. Authorities aren't to be trusted anymore. Their promises are empty, as are their actions in order to improve the economy. People who put their lives on the hands of authorities are under severe and constant risks of losing everything...