I'm so going to be watching V for Vendetta this week I haven't seen it in ages and well its on NetFlix too if anyone has an account there.
I also think airdrops are pretty cool way of raising capital and while you gave a nice understandable simple account of it currencies really can do a lot more well thought out slow or phased releases to generate capital for their project without ever needing to raise funds or go through funding rounds.
China may think they big enough to manage blokchain influence with these bans and restrcitions but its only a matter of time before that grip is loosened as people slolwy see the light like we have