Yeah it is stunning how fast we are shifting from a top-down model to a bottom-up model. The tail is wagging the dog now. It seems that people are too empowered these days to be controlled as easily as they were a few centuries ago.
There's way more opportunities to earn income, pay the bills, and live a full life without having to submit to power structures of government, careers/bosses, or even certain forms of organized religion. People are so much more free.