Why do you think entrenched power needs to be entrenched further? Our current situation can be traced back to deregulation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financialization#Deregulation_...
>The securities that were so instrumental in triggering the financial crisis of 2007-2008, asset-backed securities, including collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) were practically non-existent in 1978. By 2007, they comprised $4.5 trillion in assets, equivalent to 32% of U.S. GDP.