Open protocols dismantle controlled systems not through direct confrontation but by making the maintenance costs of centralized control unsustainable. Each layer of the stack that shifts to permissionless coordination removes another lever of institutional capture, until the old gatekeepers find themselves managing expensive infrastructure that users simply route around.

The revolution isn’t in overthrowing power structures but in making them irrelevant by building systems where concentrated control offers no advantage.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​