“Shifting the balance of power back to the individual”

I'm sure you've read this from Hal Finney (1992)

“It's going to have to be a grass-roots activity, one in which individuals first learn of how much power they can have, and then demand it.”

https://mailing-list-archive.cryptoanarchy.wiki/archive/1992/11/3d0123214e4f2b0df38cfb9fcf34ee54c8b89841b8c522c7dca561de5bf1cbee/