It's just a repackaged aristocracy. It's still the same families, the same corporations under different flags, the same interests that have been there from the beginning. The structure still funnels money to the top and we are well-entertained slaves. It makes us more productive. Sure they can put up avatars and the fantasy that those avatars represent you and blast you with enough propaganda so you believe it and are compliant. Now with AI coming online, they don't need our productivity. They will have systems in place where the "useless eaters" are obsolete.