5 sats \ 1 reply \ @om 4 Nov 2022 \ parent \ on: Bitcoin current points of failure bitcoin
In the American Revolution both the old and the new elites were projecting their power onto the same thing (a piece of land) using the same method (fielding armies). The present conflict is more like replacing monarchy with democracy: the old elites are powerful because they command the army and the police, but the new elites are powerful because they are popular with the voters - and as the result the old elites are outclassed and crushed.
Great point. What I meant to point out in my previous comment was that the new nomadic/virtual elites are competing with the old elites for people, not land. Our current leaders are definitely the type to try and get into everyone's business instead of leaving people alone. So you're correct in making that distinction.
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