Think about it: how much work actually goes in to keeping us alive? Food, water, shelter. Do any of us have jobs in these areas? A few, but not many. 1%? 0.1%?
Food and water, not so many. Something like 3%.
Shelter is enormous business. Producing raw materials, importing materials and supplies, processing materials, construction, repairs, sales and marketing of shelter. It's a lot of people.
Here are some stats on the construction industry in the US:
https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag23.htm
On the whole though, you are right the cryptocurrency brings control of money back to the people. And that's a good thing. The old monetary system has been sucking them dry for over 100 years.