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+1 Insightful

It seems like most big changes are set in motion by elites who benefit from them, with the teeming masses convinced a) to go along and b) that they're driving. Historically this could be because elites have had a pulpit, either from holding office or having access to publishing and more recently broadcasting. In really recent times the masses finally got access to a broad audience via the Internet, but since they mostly use it to post boobs and complain about game companies, elites are still in the driver's seat.

It's possible that being led around by a privileged few is just how humans work, and it's up to enlightened individual elites to make parts of the world better for short periods while they're alive.