You’re probably right about the lack of stimulative effects- everything you describe is highly unproductive and yet likely “necessary” as this all plays out. So the value in real terms of BTC or Gold won’t necessarily go up (in terms of being able to exchange for real assets).
The question for many is, do they at least maintain their value- especially relative to fiat? The ultimate goal is to afford real assets and real productive power… but when folks feel they can’t afford anything meaningful in those categories they turn to saving/stacking/hodling something they hope will survive a Fourth Turning type shift.
Your concerns are justified: people need to take care of themselves in REAL terms during tough times and not worship a yellow metal or orange coin hoping it will solve all their problems.
Ultimately, if BTC is going to work long term, we do need to realize the productive power of this new system and not just stack/hodl and hope.
[Thanks for the morning mental stimulation- GM & cheers]