Great thought provoking post.
Uncertainty also makes people afraid and when they are afraid they want to feel safe and to feel safe people will give up their rights - to have someone protect them and make them feel safe...I believe here lies one of the big problems, we have to stop being afraid to try different things.
Like yourself I have high hopes for crypto and blockchain, something more then lining people pockets. fingers crossed.
I think this is part of the control by design as it essentially plays on our own fears to keep us from trying different. Whenever people step out of line, they are shamed, ridiculed, targeted, destroyed as an example lesson to others. The move has to essentially be privately funded by people who don't care what others think. And here we are :)