It was like 10 years when Lehman Brothers collapsed followed by a global and economic disaster. But we have to thank that this event has happened otherwise Satoshi wouldn't created Bitcoin in the first place. It was the catalyst for him to invent a P2P currency without any intermediary (usually banks), and to operate without any government's intervention, thus decentralization.
Personally though, I was affected by this event, was laid out after September 2008 and was out of job for about a month. I was caught by surprised because there's some assurance that we wouldn't be affected, but damn we are totally wrong.
How about you guys, you directly affected by it? Do you think that if Lehman was saved by US government, Satoshi wouldn't push to create bitcoin? Or it is inevitable? The man himself will release it with or without the financial meltdown in 2008?
This day changed my life forever. When George Bush on national tv said We need to take control of the free market to save it I knew right then and there the entire system was all bullshit and lies. I had my awakening that day. Unfortunately my wife was pregnant at the time and I brought a soul into this mess. I promptly quit my job and removed myself from the system. I build my own home by hand, home school my child and grow my own food. It's only a matter of time until this controlled central banker hell collapses and there is no way in hell I want to be any where near the system or rely on any part of it when it starts falling apart.