> What are effective ways we can improve the situation, globally? In many ways, we've already done it, and are doing it, and it just takes a long time to take

> What are effective ways we can improve the situation, globally? In many ways, we've already done it, and are doing it, and it just takes a long time to take effect. It takes generations, and, as you said, trying to do it more quickly (that is, the imperial solution) is likely to not only fail, but backfire and result in a real solution taking longer and being uglier in the end.