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Decentralised is nice and all but you don't factor in that DIGITAL ID is inevitable (it's already rolling out). Once in full effect you simply will have no access to government/corporate services if you're known to be part of fringe systems/societies.

CANCEL CULTURE already represents this. Just look at the trending idea to punish all that voted and supported Trump. The establishment will not allow themselves to lose power again and anyone who doesn't align with GROUPTHINK will have a difficult time under their rule.

This is the achilles heel of crypto.

These new digital systems exist, but the people DO NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL over them. If we had mobile personal super machines to run it all then YES it would challenge power elite/govs/and the corporate beast.

Even then though, like I've mentioned before,
Who grants access to the internet?
Who controls power grids?
Who maintains physical infrastructure?
Who controls the food supply (matters even).

Decentralised isn't achieved by just distributed code.
Not if you truly want to challenge power.
Else, this will always just be niche.