You're forgetting about the army of hackers who are propping up the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Why own weapons when you can control the people who own them?

As our software systems get more complex and as we become more reliant on them, hackers become increasingly influential politically and economically.

Lawyers, doctors and financiers have had thousands of years to figure out how to gain unfair zero-sum leverage within capitalism, software engineers, on the other hand, didn't exist until recently but it's only a matter of time before they group together and get their leverage.