Careful not to get too attached to the "late stage" part. Odds are the system will burn everything to the ground and save itself a la WWI/II.

Amen. A few of us been developing understanding over the last little while. Some might say develiping .. class consciousness.

I was listening to a lecture on meritocracy and how it lead to higher disparities than pre-desegregation black-white divide. The lecturer made the point that there are very few peaceful examples for unwinding the level of inequality that exists today - like the post-Great Depression US under FDR.