This is probably more of a Hayekian point about emergent phenomena.
Coupling the coercive redistributive mechanism of the state with representative governance virtually guarantees cult-like propaganda will be used to distort the public's perception of reality. You probably couldn't predict the precise form that propaganda will take, but it needs to be something that isn't easily falsified by everyday experience and it needs to be consequential enough to justify the looting.
Patrick Moore's book Fake Invisible Catastrophes pointed out that pretty much all alarmist environmentalism is centered on problems that are far removed from most people's direct experience.
Coercive redistribution is the problem and, like so many things, bitcoin fixes this.