Upvoting for the use of kabuki in explaining the melodramatic pantomime of crypto hype, if only we were all more artisanal in building out this nascent blockchain tech. Imagine if tcp/ip were invented today with all this pre-marketing by VCs
Indeed, a world ruled by feudal lords and corporate fiefs still possesses as little liberty as one ruled by a centralized empire.
Less liberty really as the ability of corporations to intervene in your life far surpasses the capacity feudal states had on a day-to-day basis.