Exactly my point. I was trying to illustrate for the OP's benefit that this is not the first time in human history that game-changing tech was invented. Gunpow

Exactly my point. I was trying to illustrate for the OP's benefit that this is not the first time in human history that game-changing tech was invented. Gunpowder was controlled by kings for the longest time. No different from modern billionaires or oligarchs, heck monarchs had greater control and inflicted extensive misery. But despite all that, despite the control, the misery and the harm, do you seriously consider that we should not have invented gunpowder?