Refutations of the criticisms are not that convincing. It takes a LOT of hardening to bulletproof protocols. VCs will only be on board if they can make outsize profits, maybe SA is unusual but the future behavior of any person is unknown. Certainly the other early adopters will be looking for pyramid angles just as with all other crypto.
I would not at all be surprised to find more non-human bots than humans on it after a few years. Getting governments to buy into it is dystopian. We’d like to think that dystopias just spring from fiction writers, but less-dramatic dystopias spring up on all social arenas from the interests of various participants.