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Who cares what Satoshi wanted? He/she/they do not control the system.

Yes, actually. His/her/their wallet has the majority of bitcoins. If they were to move them, everything would crash.

Please stop spreading misinformation, Satoshi has 1M of a total 21M supply, if he/she/they are still alive and have access to their keys.

If a majority of miners wanted, they could block those BTC from moving.

Of course it's backed by social consensus. Money is a social construct, not sure why you're trying to move the goalposts

Proof of work is just the mechanism to determine social consensus.