You've made some fantastic points and I fully agree with them. I'll also add this:
Something that used to be talked about a lot early on, which was believed would give Hive (Steem back in the day) more real world value and attention, was it being used as a currency for every day life purchases. Although many people tried to create market places for it, they largely failed, until recently. If what @mattclarke told me is correct, businesses in Venezuela have opened accounts in order to be able to accept Hive as payment. I believe I also read something similar about a business in the Philippines. These are third world countries, yet they may very well be the places that bring Hive to the use point that was dreamed of where the first world countries failed to because we just don't have such a need for it here...yet.
https://peakd.com/@hivesucre
These guys are absolutely rocking it right now. So many businesses and individuals getting involved.
The Venezuelan communities are coming together in amazing ways! We could learn something from them.
Seems when you have no other option, investigating crypto becomes worthwhile.
This is why I'm unconcerned about CBDCs. The worse the official options, the more readily people accept something new like Hive/HBD.
What's happening in Sucre can't be undone, by anyone.