It's hubris to say this, but we're not as far off as you might think. If "they" can fix economics ( big if ) that alone would make a big difference. But the U

It's hubris to say this, but we're not as far off as you might think. If "they" can fix economics ( big if ) that alone would make a big difference. But the US only got off the gold standard in my lifetime. There's a Churchill quote about Americans; I think it generalizes to humans - "Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities."