RE: "Mixed Mental Arts" - Episode #346 - Getting to the Root of the Problem- Lawrence Lessig
In many regards, the numerous more advanced applications of blockchain will provide a significant remedy to these types of issues. For instance, one relevant recent example is the new effort by IBM and various high-level NGOs to apply blockchain technology to the charity (and aid) industries : https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-and-ngo-global-citizen-announce-contest-for-blockchain-charity-platform One of the notorious problems in the charity/aid/development industries is corruption/negligence which results in funds not getting to where they are supposed to (often into the pockets of corrupt politicians and criminals, instead of the people who most need the aid. Applying the non-human, transparent blockchain technology to this use case will make almost surely make a significant improvement throughout every level of the supply chain in this specific industry - and this is just one use case.
Decentralize everything. Power certainly should be. Control should be as well. The more we reverse the centralization of power over others, the more individual liberty we will have. This is one reason I strongly support decentralized platforms such as steemit and crypto in general. Kill the beast by a thousand cuts to its roots!