I agree with a lot of these sentiments...
But, I'm not sure about a, 'definite victory over the forces of ignorance and evil.' The worst tyrants this world has ever known, were 100% convinced of the virtue in their cause, and sought to eradicate, as in _completely_ eliminate what
they believed were the evils of the world.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes
I agree with the ideas too, I think society/civilization/humanity is being deliberately misled/held back for selfish gain. I do believe in giving people freedom to have individuality but I think the hyper-individualism has gotten out of control, and is kind of defeating the purpose of having a civilization in the first place. Growing up, I always thought the point of science, technology, and civilization, the rule of law, was to create a kinder, softer, and therefore better, higher-quality, more free, happier way of life than you would get if we had just stayed with survival of the fittest. But now we seem to be regressing back towards Darwinian competition, and it's made me disappointed and disillusioned with humanity and society. It makes all the new tech advances and everything, not seem that cool after all.
And I agree about the worst tyrants being convinced that they are virtuous, and therefore, don't believe that they're doing anything wrong. They either believe they're acting in humanity's true best interest, that everyone else is too afraid/confused/emotional/soft/weak to see, and/or that they believe that they are in the right, because they are inherently superior beings and for them to "win" is the natural, rightful order of things, and anyone who gets hurt by it, it's their own "fault" for being weaker - they can either get on their level, or get enslaved or killed off. This is what the billionaires seem to believe, and why they don't seem to feel guilty about it.
It's kind of like Nietzsche's Master/Slave Morality.
Or it's a lot like the Augments (from Star Trek) believe, or - like you said - the Sith. Might makes right.
And I really, really disagree with it. I think it's heading backwards, in the wrong direction.
On the other hand, I probably shouldn't spend as much time thinking about stuff like this, because it doesn't make me seem like too much fun, and all I do is talk about how messed up it is, but I don't do anything about it. I don't know what can be done, and I don't think I can do anything about it anyway. I should leave this kind of stuff to someone who actually wants to make saving the world their life's work, and is in a position to actually do it.