There are a lot of reasons why people are opting for the more privacy part knowing that they don't want anything to be governed or any information leaked about themselves. I think a dystopia is kind of an overreaction toward what is happening because it's still not at that level where you are dehumanized or something. Fearful, maybe, but that might be because of what you are doing with it as well that's why some people are frightened of it because of their use case or application.
Node count has passed BTC and mining hash rate is growing rapidly as you don't need an Asics, just your PC.
Can you explain this further OP? I want to know what you mean by this.