Hm this is more about greed in cultivating wealth. We need to realize that something like this will definitely happen but this is not Crypto because in this case crypto is just an object for that. As for greed like this, this is the original form of humans who are always greedy in everything. On the other hand, this kind of thing actually happens not only to crypto but to almost everything that contains wealth, for example with gold. Look for the sake of wealth how many holes are there in the earth now? is this also not a crime that destroys nature?

Who cares to whom really? Even if it's in real life. Everyone is selfish and greedy when it comes to money. And cryptocurrency is digital money for us. Someone losing on the other hand someone gaining. Everyone thinks about their own profits by the way. So yes, money uncovering our evil sides, just not crypto. A human can do anything for money, not only for crypto.

For your first point, we could blame miners for using the grid, or could be point blame to those providing the electricity? I mean, I think the whole situation has been blown way out of proportion, but just to play devil's advocate there, you can't just blame the consumer, otherwise you could blame everyone for buying a fuel car in the last decade. You could blame those who use phones, Bitcoin miners are using energy, is it enough to be detrimental? Possibly, is it using any more than any other industry out there (at least major)? Nope.

Plus, I think the pandemic highlighted people's greed rather than Cryptocurrencies. I was sickened at times how people reacted to it, and how they tried to exploit it for personal gain. You might see that in Bitcoin now, and then. However, the majority are trying to escape the need to conform to capitalist ways.

It is like those maladies that dont need any treatment. Greed is a part of being human and being able to control greed is what should be aimed at. Because crypto is just another form of money there will be nuances that end up growing a cult of scammers who attempt to use those nuances to their gain.

It is a problem that comes with the system and therefore only awareness to prevent it should be the objective.

I do think the OP got scammed by some pump and dump groups, obviously OP is ashamed of that and therefore I never got any reply from the OP in this topic.

Being greedy will cost one but being clever and avoiding scams is not everyone's cup of tea. These are things that are learnt through life and these lessons should be strictly followed. Every light has its shadow and we have to learn to live with the bad side of crypto just like we have been living with the bad side of fiat.