The thing right now is, they've got their minds on other stuff to think about than improving society. Like saving society. If people backed off, great minds can get things done. Impulsiveness tears up our society, whether it's short or long term. Brainwashing is the simplest thing to accomplish, yet people take great rewards doing it.

Then again, if we just backed off, our leaders might take advantage of it and enforce a lockdown because they're scared shitless. "What??? Everybody's smoking their own stash in their houseclothes???" Ok, maybe not, but if we stopped playing wargames we can start playing the figure-out-pot's-not-bad game.