Whenever I visit Japan, I'm always reminded how different things operate there, compared to the West. I think one of the biggest misunderstandings of Asian culture is how the "separation of powers" there works, which can be applied to both China and Korea too, to some extent.
In Asia, there is a separation of elites: "cultural elite", "political elite", and "economic elite" - so even if you're a bajillionaire, the political party can still put you in your place, and the cultural groups are there to keep you in check - as they can easily ruin your reputation and end your career on a whim. (These examples are most clear in China, where it's pretty clear that even the billionaires there comply with the state, no matter how rich they get.)
In the West - and particularly in the US right now - money rules all. If you have enough money, you not only control economic matters but politics and the media as well. America used to have this type of separation of powers during the latter half of the 20th century, when it was considered "respectable", even among the world community. But having failed at keeping inequality out of control, it spun up an gilded age of its own (similar to the Great Depression era) and we're kind of living with the results of that as we speak.
This gilded age mentality - you can see this happening very clearly in crypto projects right now, where the "money makes right" attitude is not only commonly held, but built directly into the protocols and governance (or lack thereof) processes themselves. Other than money, the recognition or value of "assets" other than just money, is severely lacking, to say the least.
Of course, power concentrates, power corrupts, corruption is exposed by the blockchain, then eventually everything implodes on itself after people lose trust in the fundamental parts of the system. 99% of "Web3" projects are very clearly on this trajectory, while most of its holders remain naively unaware of what's really to come. It's a sort of lesson that can only be learned the hard way, it seems.
So...Tezos. What is happening here is interesting because it's one of the few places that has enough of a functioning government to even consider the possibilities of having these sort of sophisticated social networks that make modern societies work. It's still somewhat tenuous right now and I don't think most are even aware of the magnitude of importance this social experiment can potentially be...but I'd like to see this thing through, either way.
People talk about "having impact" and such, but it's happening right under our noses, as we speak. Running a global government from the convenience of your phones? That is literally a few clicks away, in more ways than one.