Like all things, power and money corrupt absolutely. The new Core Devs don't have a big stack like the earlier ones so are poor (relatively) and incentivesed to corrupt the code for money.

If Bitcoin/Hard money replaces fiat, (it probably won't - people are addicted to free money), you can't do fiat games with it. You can only spend once - the same as gold. All this imaginary wealth the boomers have built up evaporates. The stock market, housing bubble.. it's illusionary wealth. That's what you are missing. Wealth accumulation goes to those who work (pow). Those shitty jobs no one wants to do, get some because they earn the most.