There has never been a human society of "free sovereign individuals" (and there never will), not because of insufficient technology or because of global conspiracy of shape-shifting reptiles, but because of human nature. Most men need to be governed, as they lack the aptitude and the inclination to govern themselves. All of the so-called "revolutions" by the muck inevitably led back to power concentrating on an elite, governing class. In nearly all of the revolts in the 18th century produced ruling class far worse than the previous incarnations.

Humans need kings and governors to rule over them. When men are sick, they seek physicians; when electrical systems fail, men turn to electricians; when automobiles malfunction, men entrust mechanics. Only when discussing sociopolitical systems, do the modern muck consider the unlettered opinions of the base-born scum equal to that of their political betters. The disastrous consequences of such insane sociopolitical philosophy gave birth to the Terror, le Directoire, the Paris commune, the communist totalitarian states in one-third of the globe. Were these due to lack of technological progress, or due to the base nature of the bottom 90%?

Sociopolitical hierarchy is necessary to form a viable human society. No technical magic will change this reality of human nature.