I think the difference here is who's minting coins. I don't see a reason the disenfranchised couldn't band together and create their own validator. This gives t

I think the difference here is who's minting coins. I don't see a reason the disenfranchised couldn't band together and create their own validator. This gives them currency internal to their community, which they can start using right now. A huge difference from what exists now. How would you possibly do this with our previous technologies, youd need enforcement to stop cheaters and scammers, youd need trustworthy regulators to distribute coin equaly, avoiding bias and discrimination. Both of these very real negitive behaviors are now very difficult if not impossible, and it didn't require a military and a complicated beaucracy to enforce.