By the time enough people notice or are willing to admit to themselves whats going on, its usually past the point of no return. It gets past the point where rea

By the time enough people notice or are willing to admit to themselves whats going on, its usually past the point of no return. It gets past the point where reasonable fixes and solutions can be applied. Especially hard when there is a lot to loose. Try convincing any manager in a large corp, with 2 kids about to head to college/a mortgage/family healthcare bills or some combo of those three to take a difficult decision and 90% of the time you will fail. Fact of life. Over time I have come to the conclusion it really depends on the kind of leaders we prop up. Yes we prop them up. Every time we go along with whatever the empire needs defending justifications they come up with to do the next dumb thing. While we like to believe we are lucky that Zuckerberg or Page&Brin landed up in the positions they did rather than a Larry Ellison controlling Google or Murdoch controlling Facebook. I think we just need higher expectations. I would rather support a Mark Shuttleworth or a Jimmy Wales, or even a Elon Musk. The difference being they have clear stated visions for the future that doesn't just benefit them and their corp but everyone. These days I actively work against people who I see working to strengthen their positions at the expense of others.