Wow! Great post @kryptonaut ! Really epic reading !
You're raising some interesting points here and I think many others would get a lot of benefit from understanding some of the principles you're talking about, so I've upvoted, resteemed and followed.
Centralisation is on everyone's mind after the Bitcoin/Bitcoin Cash weekend of madness where people thought the two were going to flip. I know there's much more to your post than this, but it certainly has helped me expand my thinking beyond just some conspiracy theory that miners were just trying to make a few quid.
Thanks for sharing!