the point is Mining is a colossal waste of both energy and computing power yet the elites did NOTHING to stop it - why ?

because perhaps they wanted to develop electrical grid and semiconductor foundry capacity that could later be used for AI 

perhaps Electric Vehicle revolution was also orchestrated to strengthen the electrical grid for that same purpose 

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