"Not to get all tin-foily, but I would assume that any undertaking that ambitious would have government agents working from the inside." It's my suspicion that

"Not to get all tin-foily, but I would assume that any undertaking that ambitious would have government agents working from the inside." It's my suspicion that people will slowly stop saying "not to get tin-foily, but" as more and more is revealed re:NSA et al. Seems like a natural shift, given current and likely near-future circumstances. On to the point, the part I quoted is why I think revolts are bottom-up and revolutions are guided, even if the former progresses into the latter, at some point things get diverted. What makes all this scary, though, is the most powerful reason behind the existence of currency: the ability to create and (financially) back an army. Meanwhile, the gen. pop. has lived their entire lives kept in a dialectic, watching shadows dance in a cave, and consuming bread and circuses. I'm not for anarchy, but it seems short of something akin to the final scene in Fight Club, there's not much to be done about it. Unfortunately, the following options are all that's left: accept the status quo, pretend/believe you can change it or move.