I take your meaning. But I also take a more holistic approach. We ARE our systems. We can't hide behind 'the system' and say we are pure, we're stuck, it's not our fault. We are at fault for our failings. We are also ‘at fault’ for our successes.

And we’ve had some great successes! The world is changing, and quickly. The systems are changing, and quickly. Because people are changing, and quickly.

‘Quick’ is a relative terms when you’re talking about billions of people. But take a look at this graph:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/numbers-of-autocracies-and-democracies?country=~OWID_WRL

Next to an autocracy, a democracy is a much more responsive form of government in the long term. And in terms of our time on this planet, we’ve really only gotten started at building and tuning people power as a form of government.

My point? Let’s be wary of tearing down systems. I’m more in favor of making our current governmental systems more reflective of the general population, while educating the populace on the issues facing them.

Insults and anger tend to harden opinion, not soften it. Education and understanding work better at changing minds.

Walk softly and carry a big whiteboard!

Very few remember now, but even as early as the 1970s there was talk of global warming. When OPEC throttled back on oil production gas prices rose precipitously, nearly overnight. Carter instituted a nationwide 55 mph speed limit. He also took steps (I forget the specifics) to raise fuel milage standards in new cars.

I remember thinking at the time how great this was (even though my dad’s construction company went bankrupt as a result). I thought this was a way to remove dependance on foreign oil, which would make our Middle Eastern diplomacy, at least, much more flexible (no more genuflecting to the Saudis needed). And bonus, it would help the climate issue!

But I was young, and didn’t understand that the dictates from the top, if not reflective of the whole (and/or aggressively enforced), don’t stick. And people like big cars, and still do.

It’s not the system by itself. It’s the people who populate it, top to bottom. That’s where real change happens.

Again, thanks for the read!