I hope my ideas and opinions don't come over that way, because that would be an utter failure to adhere to my basic philosophy of general agnosticism

Glad to see a reasonable debate. I can of course provide my ideas and opinions on HOW to progress towards a decentralized society. You are correct that I have thought about this a lot, since it is a topic I care about. To be honest I have a lot more WHYs than HOWs, but I'll try nevertheless. Not right now, though. I'll get back to you on this in the evening (it's noon where I am now).