Countries are made of people. We seem to forget that. No, actually, we seem to think that's not the case.

Put it this way. If you live in a home by yourself, you live by your own rules. But add another person to the equation and already there'll be tensions. Either you and the other person agree on everything, which is virtually impossible, or there'll be compromises.

The thing is, a compromise is almost never 50 percent. It always favours one over the other, whether slightly or significantly.

So now imagine 10 people inside the same house. Let's imagine five will want to eat meat, three will want to eat fish and two will be vegetarians. Open the fridge and that's exactly what you'll find. Meaning the meat eaters will be happy, the fish eaters will be less happy, and the vegetarians will be even less happy.

You can mix this and match it whichever way you want, because this is just an example. The truth is, where there's people, there's conflict.

Countries fight because people fight. Because some people ignore conflicts, others talk it through, others escalate conflicts and go grab their gun.

This is the world we're living in. It's naive, and counter-productive, to assume that conflicts can be totally eradicated.

Mitigated, yes, but not cancelled. Because people are people, and they do what they do. It's been that way since Humans first appeared on Earth. I'm not sure why people think we can somehow change that. Don't get me wrong, it'd be AWESOME if we could. But I'm not sure how.

I'm assuming some of you will be having breakfast as we speak and I don't want to ruin your appetite. So I'm gonna stick to crypto.

As in, I'm going to use what I just said in a crypto-related way.

Countries are made of people, which means any country's attitude to crypto is a direct consequence of what the average citizen of said country thinks about crypto.

Countries with an older or aging population are likely to ignore it. Countries with a younger and more dynamic population are likely to adopt it. Countries with a population that's inclined to comply with the rules are likely to distrust it. Countries with an exuberant population are likely to want it.

The US is the biggest elephant in the room. The population is aging, but it's not old yet. There are states, and areas, where people love rules. And states where people don't care about them.

So will crypto succeed in the US? Essentially, it depends on a different question. The US is divided between people who want more government, more rules, less freedom (whether subconsciously or not), and people who want the opposite.

One will trump (no pun intended) the other. Which is it? We don't know. But we'll find out soon enough.