There's a special way to interact with systems. If you try to modify then crudely, without employing systems thinking, you will end up worse off than you were a

There's a special way to interact with systems. If you try to modify then crudely, without employing systems thinking, you will end up worse off than you were at the outset. And, certain changes are straight up impossible, including directly changing the behavior of the masses. Looked at through a systems thinking lens, the OP solution is quite good.