The desensitization point is real, but I'd add one structural piece: hard money is anti-war infrastructure. States fund endless wars through monetary inflation — the money printer is what makes "we can't afford this" an argument that never lands. When the cost is diffuse and invisible (debasement), the public debate you remember from Vietnam and Iraq becomes optional. Bitcoin doesn't fix the will to war, but it does force honest accounting. Hard to run a years-long campaign when you can't quietly tax the savings of people who never voted for it.