"Politicians, or tyrants, have trained us to equate freedom with chaos and taught us to fear our neighbours more than the control freaks and psychopaths in the houses of parliament and the white house."
Fortunately for all of us, the Internet has done much to reverse a lot of that brainwashing. It will take some more time, but I think we're on the right track with blockchains and the decentralization movement.
Yes, I'm optimistic too.