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You could analyze historical examples of asymmetric power and see how they turned out, to predict what might happen.

Good outcome:

Rural electrification in the '30s

Unionization in the early industrial era (over a century ago)

70s era OSHA, EPA

Civil rights in the 60s

Bad outcome:

Redlining real estate

Gerrymandering

consolidation of capital into very few hands

consolidation of income into very few hands

Native Americans vs the Army

Internment camps for Japanese in the 40s or concentration camps for arabs today

Anything ending in complex aka military industrial complex, or rephrased the merger of .gov and .com

Overall it looks like a negative outcome is likely, although it is possible, it hasn't happened for generations.



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