Great explanation for us normies, thank you.
Unfortunately in reading the excellent discussion here I have figured out the problem if not the solution ;)
In our present level of evolution, there are always going to be crappy people seeking power. If the system gives an opportunity for someone to aggregate power, it will happen, and likely not by some with a conscience since that just complicates things really. If you want to see a system without nefarious actors in high places, you’ll probably have to build one without high places.

Even if we could eventually build a self reinforcing culture that is stable enough to withstand pressure from people who want more at the expense of the health of the whole system, I think in the beginning stages it will need to be either protected, hidden, or ignored or it will just remain an extension of the status quo.

This thread (and all the threads dealing with these issues that I have read) does a great job of illustrating the shift that we are navigating right now. There are a lot of people who are realizing that the competitive/capitalistic form of society we have been programed to worship and it’s fascist friend socialism are two sides of an argument that will never end in freedom for anyone. Then there are the pragmatists and the people who are already benefiting from the system as it is.

A system based on the social and economic structures we haved used in the past is what we are trying to break away from, but without relying on those same tired old ideas, (high stakes investors, roi, market manipulation) we can’t hope to flourish in a world that has yet to transition out of that paradigm...