The Power of the Masses Is Not a Prophecy

I think once you are superfluous you don't have power. We are used to thinking about the masses as powerful but this is basically a 19th century, a 20th century phenomenon. If you go back in most period in history, say to middle ages, you do see peasant uprisings, they all fail because the masses were not powerful. Once you become superfluous militarily and economically you can still cause trouble of course but I don't think you have the power to really change things. So again it's not a prophecy, maybe it will turn out differently.