There's no "could be" here. Not wanting to go to jail is a subjective preference.
That most people prefer the same thing, does not make value objective.
If it did, Bitcoin would also have "objective value" from its scarcity, difficulty of confiscation, ease of move between borders, and many other properties which are preferred by most.
So we have no benefit of "open access to the mechanism" but with the deleterious effect of the "temporary (1/5 of a long human life) monopoly".