Power will exist but we can structure structures in ways that we think benefit society and keeps them in check. You're always trading one power for another though. One of the brilliant aspects of the US Constitution (and they didn't go far enough) was setting levers of power against each other, while limiting their scope, so they would stay busy fighting the other powers and not imposing their will on the people.
We need MUCH more like this.
Seriously.
Corporations having undue sway over government is a way bigger problem than just Disney's sway over Florida.
And even in the micocosm of just Disney, look at what Disney have done to copyright law. It's obscene.
Cyberpunk's megacorps were supposed to be a warning, not a blueprint!
Needs more shadowruns to fuck with them for the lulz.
Listen up, chummer! Mr. Johnson needs a 10th level Decker to "appropriate" some data from Aztechnology's mainframe.
Geek the mage first.
Absolutely. Power will exist. The only thing that matters is that our people, good people, wield power.
Power will exist but we can structure structures in ways that we think benefit society and keeps them in check. You're always trading one power for another though. One of the brilliant aspects of the US Constitution (and they didn't go far enough) was setting levers of power against each other, while limiting their scope, so they would stay busy fighting the other powers and not imposing their will on the people.