sorry i'm missing how DPoS is a viable option (apart from being a passing buzz word)

You didn't read anything in the thread and decided to troll us with Litecoin...which is functionally identical to Bitcoin...
In other news, coindesk just made a good article saying what I said a month ago:
http://www.coindesk.com/why-bitcoin-creates-a-voluntary-tax-system/If the anonymous function was relatively bulletproof, and reached large circulation and market cap, there would be a high probability of it abolishing the state, or the state as we know it at least.