The various mysterious influences seem usually to conflict with each
   other, so some kind of strong change by those involved seems eventually
   inevitable.

   And of course we are the people involved.
   One could take these ideas back to the concepts of decentralized
   networks, social connection, or other things.
   What happens if one makes a p2p network focused on taking down
   blockchains?
   But more commonly we have the opposite: governments and corrupt
   organisations using blockchain networks that can then be used to take
   them down.