To go to the root causes is necessary and while it is good to improve care for those that need it - the root causes are within our collective consciousness.. The change of heart that is needed to support greater care for others is primarily needed to support greater care for self and in that process there will be less and less outer manifestations of dysfunction - including all their current forms.

One of the 'benefits' of being pushed up against the wall is that we quickly have to adapt and let go of everything that is not serving us if we are to survive.. The problem is that there is so much that we are holding that is not serving us that many are heavily invested in holding on to it - wrongly thinking that they need it to survive. This is part of why 'jesus' is quoted as saying that 'the path to heaven is narrow'... In other words, we have to really focus on key principles, such as ethics, to create gracefully and with consistent success. One phrase that I do feel is relevant that came from @dan is 'make government irrelevant' - not by force, but by creating better options.