I'm not sure why people have it in their heads that this "making way" requires one to be cast into the formless void instead of, like, a gated community.
I do think we're significant more likely to solve immortality than the problem of getting old rich powerful people to relinquish their grip on wealth and power
> the problem of getting old rich powerful people to relinquish their grip on wealth and power
This is a solved problem, guillotines worked wonders for this back in the day.
Exactly... Nothing can stop the masses. Plus, we have laws that can change and adapt.