Nice to meet you as well @jamesc :) I would've loved to get into a convo about this with you on that bus! It's kinda funny if you're trying to figure out someone's stance on all of this, first you ask a few questions and see how deep they'll go with their answers. I love it when someone I've never met does this with me since I already know where he's going with it, and when they realize I'm not a zombie the convos usually go pretty well haha
You bring up a good point about being able to handle really disturbing information now after being kind of desensitized to it. I know my own experience with these realizations has led me to be pretty pessimistic about the future, but then I found this entire underworld of individuals who see things the way that I do and there's lots of people out there- especially in the crypto field- that are working everyday to bring freedom back to currency (and more of course). It's a breath of fresh air!