To the degree that anyone thinks this is about any particular event in recent history, my humble opinion is that you are missing the point. The point, as I see

To the degree that anyone thinks this is about any particular event in recent history, my humble opinion is that you are missing the point. The point, as I see it, is that it doesn't matter if people have the internet, or the microwave, or tv, or transistors, or airplanes, or automobiles, or bicycles, or steam engines, or even cotton gins. The human experience, and our propensity to ensure our own continued survival, has always been fraught with peril. Everyone has friends and enemies, and yet we all live amongst each other. I think the best allegory for this story is that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.