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I think the fate of bitcoin and the fate of btc are tied together.
If BTC dies early enough (might be already too late), people would look for real bitcoin.
If BTC dies late, the Party will have already rolled out CBDCs and possibly do a controlled demolition of BTC that will forever tarnish bitcoin as well and essentially degrade it to a plaything for nerds.
In that case screaming "that wasn't the REAL bitcoin" probably won't be enough. And all those who never touched bitcoin or BTC, which is the vast majority, will feel a significant amount of schadenfreude.