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And so plebians vs patricians turns into citizens vs entrepreneurs.

It's not just about who owns the means of production anymore, it's about who owns the means of surveillance (the so called AI).

Two thousand years and humans have learned nothing. Power and money still lead to more power and money which lead to abuse, which after decades gets so bad it leads to revolution. Except this time they want to make revolutions impossible. So they _have_ learned but common people have not.





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