A general rule I've found to be very true is: if you can't explain a concept to somebody else fully, clearly, and concisely -- then you don't _really_ understand the concept yourself (i.e. if you can't explain it to a 5 year old, then you don't really understand it).

"Imagine ... that they're not very good at articulating what the intuitively feel to be right about web3. When they talk about decentralization it much less about technology than routing around the central locus of control that serve as gatekeepers to keep people down."

And this describes exactly people who haven't really thought through the web3 concept -- especially indicated by the emotional perspectives of "feels rights" that the status quo is filled with "gatekeepers to keep people down". This makes it seem like a trend amongst the cool kids, which to me is what it actually is at this point.