Good stuff @jackmiller
You've explained it pretty well and used some great analogies. We are all learning here :)
I personally think that BTG will flop and if it does it might deter a few more opportunistic forks beyond SegWit2x, but if it succeeds then we might see the floodgates really open.
Time will tell. As I stated, I see a pyramid in the making, where BT "C" wants to control 99% of the market.