The bitch of all this is that it isn't the same old game of power that entrenched interests are familiar with. Previous formulas for control assumed a certain predictable behaviour pattern present amongst the general public. Radical technological advancements have upended those formulas. Attempts to manipulate technology to enforce defunct formulas continue to fail in ever more spectacular fashion.
As it is in every age, humanity will either rise to meet the new world, or it will perish here and try again.