I personally find it the best platform for my content

Ditto. Great fun, a great outlet when life is not cooperating. I can turn to Hive, write a blog, read some stuff, engage with other bloggers. The 'real' world recedes, at least for a time.

Why would the establishments want such a disaster? In essence, it is about power and wealth.

Do you really think they know what they are doing? There is a train that's left the tracks and I don't think anyone knows where this will end. Funny thing about war, chaos, and people. Unpredictable. WWI is the perfect example. I don't think the Czar and the Kaiser imagined when it started that it would be the end of them. I don't think the Austro-Hungarian Empire expected its demise when the war started.

I do agree with this: Chaos in the near and distant future.