The realistic view is that we’re very rich, not quite as strong and stable as we imagine, have deep systemic problems that have been rotting us from within, and it would take large sweeping changes to begin a road to recovery, changes that few are yet desperate enough to begin looking at (because of the first part, we’re still mostly comfortable, even as we see shit falling around us).

The DoI even spoke of this, few people are willing to uproot what they’re familiar with as long as the suffering is manageable.