Let it die ... we have the technology
The next step in killing it, will be the next transportation revolution...
The slum wasn’t killed by unions or capital ... but by the subway ... and then the highway
The suburb replaced the slum
The Internet now has killed the part of the city, that automation hasn’t ... good!
Now we need to unshackle the workforce from salaries and benefits ... free the white collar slaves ... in a nation of contractors, the city will continue its slow and silent death
You are just describing the eternal problem of government, people that seek power and their instruments never change, neither those that wish to be subservient.
The only thing that has changed has been the laymans view of himself and technology...
The state will always be the largest and most powerful prize among the psychos ... is us who give them power
I agree. The Founding Fathers foresaw this