That assumes that people are the entities that the economy optimizes for, which hasn't been true for 10,000 years or so. People are disposable to capitalism - there are 7.7 billion of us, which makes individual humans about as significant to the economy as individual neurons are to consciousness. As long as there exist some humans that are in a position to do the crypto-economy's bidding, it'll happen, and it doesn't matter if some of them are thrown in prison or executed or die from poor government policies.
From the perspective of world history, this is a BFD. The monetary system of the past 80 years has been controlled by the ruling class of a ~150-300M person nation. The crypto economy imposes uniform rules on ~3B people, which is an order of magnitude greater complexity, and should see further specialization and gains from trade for those that participate in it.
From the perspective of world history, this is a BFD. The monetary system of the past 80 years has been controlled by the ruling class of a ~150-300M person nation. The crypto economy imposes uniform rules on ~3B people, which is an order of magnitude greater complexity, and should see further specialization and gains from trade for those that participate in it.