re: #240 EPR-radar

But I am sure the present system cannot continue along a path of ‘business as usual’ where that is ever-increasing concentration of wealth and power for the rulers.

Actually, in an abstract sense, I’m wondering if that’s true any more.

Human history has always been one of concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few, and the societal controls that allow the powerful to keep their power. It used to be religion, slavery, then feudalism, and so forth. The cycle of history has always been one of increasing concentration of power until there is a correction, a revolution of sorts, or an enlightenment such as the Renaissance.

But we’re at a point in history where the societal controls are reaching a point where no such correction may be possible. The ease and availability of mass media allows essentially your entire populace to become easily controlled with bread and circuses, especially the circuses. Furthermore, the disparity of force now wielded by the powerful (ie. a modern army is so far advanced beyond the capability of the populace to revolt) makes any sort of revolution essentially impossible.