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[–] rationalinquisition [S] ago 

I wouldn't write off hope entirely. Power has historically been cyclical. That was the key point of Karl Marx' writings. Even if communism itself was a bad attempt to remedy the situation, the observation itself was valid. At this point our society is at it's apex, but if it follows the established trend it won't be too much longer (from a historical standpoint anyway) before the existing establishment is thrown out and the people doing the throwing take power. Then you get another period of greater freedom before the whole thing repeats itself as that freedom eventually gets whittled away again.

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[–] Tisias ago 

Good points. I am basically a technological determinist at heart and I have the suspicion that tech fundamentally tends to benefit the few in power more than the many who are subjects of power. I am also afraid of what it might take to get to the next cycle (like post-Capitalism).