yeah exactly
the general game theory on this is usually expressed through the "free rider problem"
basically
when there's network security cost and only a subset of users pay for it (people making txs)
everyone tries to be a "free rider", ie part of the group that *doesn't pay for security (hodlers).
according to the theory,
the security of such a network trends towards zero.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-rider_problem
whether it works out that way in practice is of course another story.
but the point I want to make
is that tail emission is a legitimate tradeoff.
there are other tradeoffs Monero makes that can be criticized
but its not reasonable to argue tail emission makes it shitcoin IMHO.
