One interesting take is that the incentive can shift to mining at a loss if Bitcoin's utility is seen as worth the cost for the economic players using it. Where the cost of mining is seen as a fee in itself and the burden is taken by the players that are depending on the utility of the network.

Unlikely but a take nonetheless.

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That was the case in the very beginning. People mined out of love because they wanted to help, the coin was worthless.

Going back to that wouldn't be what I consider a success, so saying difficulty adjustment fixes everything is disingenuous.