There are possibilities where the people don’t want that world, yet the structure of society makes it almost impossible for them to coordinate to change it. There are possibilities where the people do want that world, yet they are misguided and the world falls far short of what they could have achieved. And in between there are possibilities where only a small group wants that world but enforces it against the wishes of the rest. Each of these types has different hurdles it would need to overcome in order to become truly locked in.
