Awesome post! Very clearly stated and focused. Will definitely be following this series.

One of the parts that stood out to me was how the way to bring on the mass adoption with alternative systems was to build them enough to thrive so much that it's a no-brainer for the average-Joe. That's where the ground work comes in.

I see cryptocurrencies and blockchain platforms having a profound effect in helping achieve this on many different levels, particularly as their competitive nature will leave the ones that truly benefit the end-user as the ones that thrive and bring people on board - as well as seeing their own different governance systems play out.. but maybe I'm jumping the gun here ;)

Anyways great work! Upvoted and resteemed!