Money, Money, Money unfortunately. Look at Tesla and JP Morgan. Also you need to maintain stability, what about all of the lost jobs, the lost tax dollars, the upheaval? Not to mention the fact that - as you pointed out - they can't very well go "surprise! we had this all along and chose not to let you have it".
It is really going to take some careful planning and very methodical implementation to move us forward. Even taking "The Powers That Be" argument to one side, the pure mechanics of changing literally every element of our culture and economy (I say our as it will be globally impacting) is a truly daunting task.
It is really going to take some careful planning and very methodical implementation to move us forward. Even taking "The Powers That Be" argument to one side, the pure mechanics of changing literally every element of our culture and economy (I say our as it will be globally impacting) is a truly daunting task.