Well, two lovely tunes comes to my mind after reading this prophetic web3 post of yours. };)

but I also have a feeling that the end result would turn out like pretty much all human endeavors ever do: a handful of people at the very top end up basically being the kingpins who control everything and the rest of the world is scraping by, by the skin of their teeth.

I'm sure there are those who would argue that that's just the way it is when you are part of the human experience