I notice there is a focus in this article on wealthy tech elites, as though the financial and corporate elites outside of Silicon Valley are somehow different. If anything the latter are more entrenched and corrupt and close to the fiat spigot -- they're the ones who leant money to the tech startups in the first place.

Thoughts? There are structural things wrong with the economy, the "everything bubble" etc, increasing inflation and financialization of everything. This article really seems to be passing the buck from establishment and finance to tech, and then also subtly priming people to think crypto is illegitimate. It asks how the wealthy will pay their guards in a disaster scenario. How would they pay them with pointless fiat that can't buy a week's groceries if shit truly hits the fan, anyway?