I don't think OP is pointing to what he "hopes" is happening. He's pointing to what he thinks the rich and powerful are steering society towards.

I suspect that OP may have advanced knowledge of their fate thanks to the copy of a certain encyclopaedia which fell through a rift in the space-time continuum from 1,000 years in the future.

Share and Enjoy.

To know our future, sometimes it helps to look at our past. And then extrapolate.

People don’t want revolutions because they are pleasant. Edit: they want revolutions because they are peasant...

You might belong to the group that is benefitting from the status quo.