The 99.9% have always been serfs, now it's just the best kind of serfdom ever - endless entertainment and tropical vacations for everybody!  And the serfs have always looked to the priests, the kings, the professors, the entertainment "stars", etc for direction, today is no different.  This writer is just upset that the governments and the public sector, his tribe, have been beaten out by the new winners, the private sector techies.  He and his tribe are no longer the people we look to for direction, one of the "authorities".  He doesn't like that the folks we like are not the ones who make their livings with their pretentious utterings, we like the guys who every single day create and maintain the magic wonderland we all live in, .