"I feel the only way to overcome this would be swarm intelligence and courage on part of the individual. Same as in society at large really - risking our own well-being on the individual level to overcome tyranny on the vaster scale at large."

Speaking of that, that last bit. You got me thinking of Lucylin's recent post, and it appears that they will be doing a pretty thorough critique of the problems that dPoS brings in two different styles. One sarcastic and ranty, and one more serious in tone. I must say, I'm looking forward to seeing what they publish on the matter.