Your point about past centralization is dead right.
But the increased ease of centralization in modern democracies that the Internet made possible is incontrovertible.
Which isn’t any special insight on my part.
Centralization has increased and decreased in many forms throughout history. There are many forces working in either direction.
I would also suggest that seeing more corruption in the open, is more likely to indicate more corruption out of sight as well, rather than the opposite.
But the increased ease of centralization in modern democracies that the Internet made possible is incontrovertible.
Which isn’t any special insight on my part.
Centralization has increased and decreased in many forms throughout history. There are many forces working in either direction.
I would also suggest that seeing more corruption in the open, is more likely to indicate more corruption out of sight as well, rather than the opposite.