Nicely written. I totally agree with you a lot of problems centralization brings out weighs the cost of operating a decentralized system, no doubt a virus to one is a virus to all which is creepy as it is, decentralization is difficult is handle as more hands are involved and is a lot harder to control but still the benefits is uniqueness beyond our very expectations.
I do understand the other people's argument to an extent, because not being in control sucks really, not everyone got good training to improve their EQ, which should be the focus of this generation as well as growth all round because try to not unlearn and learn new things is the core cause of Centralization. Thanks for this fine read.
Decentralization is far less optimized in organization of resources, but also carries less risk in other ways. It is a trade-off. What we do know is that centralization of power corrupts, and that in itself is a massive risk we should be looking to avoid.