"Fourth Turning America will begin to lay out the next saeculum's infrastructure gridโsome higher-tech facsimile of turnpikes, railroads, or highways. The economic role of government will shift toward far more spending on survival and future promises (defense, public works) and far less on amenities and past promises (elder care, debt service)." - William Strauss and Neil Howe, "The Fourth Turning"
Mining infrastructure is this facsimile, government focus on building and supporting the Bitcoin network is survival of the species. Rejecting nation state's help will be an anti-human stance soon.