If a bad actor was able to hard fork, what would be the incentives for the rest of us to participate in that new network? Correct me where I’m wrong, but doesn’t the original iteration of the network continue unchanged?

Wise man once say “man who wear mask alone in car, is man who wear condom alone in bed”

https://stats.andotherstuff.org/

Perhaps this phenomenon is signal from the collective unconscious, indicating the actual monetary value of Bitcoin. 🤷‍♂️