Great analogy. Very apt indeed. After observing and participating in this space for 4 years now, I've been making similar comparisons during this time, and more-so lately.

With all of the amazing potential that blockchain technology has for our species, I'm also highly aware that it could just as easily serve as the perfect tool for an even deeper level of enslavement then anything else that has come before.

When accumulation of money is the epicentre thought process behind interaction with the blockchain, the dangled carrot enticement, that leads into the cage, could well be rotten like trough slop; where, gorging face first, on any old leftover scraps, the distracted filling their bloated bellies have the door firmly locked behind them.