Nice post windjc. Still you forgot one key word: Propaganda, which was born from a military regime, is so effective that it's seldom needed to resort to brute force
Yeah, but societies are becoming less and less easily manipulated with the information age. However, in parts of the world where they are cut off propaganda works.
But AnonyMint is so wrong on so many levels. Its really a world driven by profits not power.
Power is useless without the freedom to enjoy profits. Profits provide the power to live life on your own terms.
There is no grand conspiracy of suppression, only a fight for "security". That fight has been going on since man became man.