Eh. Original post highlights a game being played by many. Not one worth playing, which you'd seem to agree with, but still being played. Good to underatand the games of others.

Know thy enemy...

Not that those playing the other games are an enemy, but rather everyone who is not align with incentives is at odds with each other, creating an adversarial like condition. Luckily, bitcoin makes it so the games we play require no violence to win.