All the solutions that would actually solve these problems are politically unpalatable, all the politicians that would / could provide these solutions would be

All the solutions that would actually solve these problems are politically unpalatable, all the politicians that would / could provide these solutions would be run out of town. Also Educated != smart. You can have plenty of educated people but still have bad outcomes in society. If only smart people could vote then that would go a long way to fixing society, but again, a solution like that is immediately off the table. So there are ways and means to fix any and every problem, the problem is nobody will use the tools or they are not even smart enough to know that the wrench is for turning bolts in the first place (the don't even realize the solution in staring them in the face in other words.)