It sorta boils down to "Be the change you want to see."

Yes it does and it is "be" not "say" the change.

It could lead to a LOT of short term money moving around, and possibly short circuit the long term change.

Yes it could be terrible - until it keeps forking. At some point it will be, look after your community members or they will leave and set up shop somewhere else, taking everyone with them. The fork to Hive is incative of the potential future.