The thing is, most people don't want to create upheaval. Most just want to make money. Because in our modern capitalist democracies, money is the highest value, the moment someone has power, or knowledge that goes beyond the ordinary the first thing they do is try to make it make money. And if they succeed- well, out goes all the democratic, free-thinking, hacking ethos.

This is not an easily hackable system. You need people who have skills and knowledge and also, well, let's say higher ideals. People who don't care about money because they can have all of it that they want, but who decide they prefer to go Buddha, and give everything to the poor. To actually "make the world a better place", by not selling you stuff.

Are there people like that? I doubt I've ever met any.