It swings both ways man. As great as this is, an anti-Elon with the same resources available could ruin the world. Governments are a balancing force if done right and while they may hold us back in some ways, they also keep us on our feet.
True, but consider
how governments do that. They write laws and collect taxation to fund police and/or armies to enforce them and they ensure that taxation funds are spent fairly and wisely to prevent civil unrest (or at least that's what they're supposed to do). So it's not the governments that keep society in order but the law, taxation and how those funds are spent. The problem is, putting individual governments in charge of all that, inevitably leads to corruption, conflict and failure.
Now imagine a world where the laws, taxation and law enforcement are controlled through consensus and technology instead of government. Where all laws and important decisions are made by everyone, fairly and on global scale. Where taxation is automatically collected and appropriated, ensuring the right amount of funding is provided for law enforcement, healthcare, scientific research, etc, etc. Where there are no governments, no hidden agendas, no corruption, no disagreements, just logical automated decision making on a global scale, based on fact, consensus and the fairest possible outcome for everyone.
Okay, so I realise that vision of utopia is not likely to happen any time soon, probably not in our lifetimes and certainly not while the present governments still have power, but I believe it's something we should aim towards as a way forward for future generations. If humans are to ever progress beyond a
type 1 civilisation, I think it would be essential to rid ourselves of governments and all this territorial crap that ultimately leads to conflict. Before we can venture far into space to inhabit other worlds, we need to learn to work together as a unified planet.
