Remember the 5th principle to be learned from history: an inversion of the balance of power between attack and defense technologies is highly disruptive to the powers that be. The Internet, new technologies and globalization are providing us with new, asymmetrical defenses against states - defenses that are easy for individuals to use, but difficult for states to defeat. Remember the feudal era: it could never have existed without the fact that, before the invention of gunpowder, it was easier to build a castle than to take it. Note, however, that in general, the king, often the most powerful of the lords, could take any castle, and maybe even two or three, but not ten, twenty or thirty, forcing him to negotiate with the nobles. It's important to understand that nobody is untouchable. But you can make yourself impregnable enough for someone to prefer to attack a target less well-defended than you.

Source: disruptive-horizons.com