There's plenty of evidence of this; there are proposals to move house deeds, drivers' licenses, elections, etc. onto the blockchain. These wouldn't be "oh, you can just not participate" sorts of scenarios.
The Venn diagram of web3, cryptocurrency, and blockchain proponents is substantially similar to a circle.
The way it's shaping up, improper or overzealous incentives will be the undoing of the second wave, but that movie has yet to play out.