A lot of this can be blamed...
...on too many people on this limited planet. We aren't very good managing more than
groups of 100 people as it is, and humans have not evolved quickly enough to handle
our complex, technological society.
It's easy to feel and be great in a small tribe, but try doing that with 6.7 billion competitors.
Maybe when we start colonizing other worlds, and if we can keep the numbers down....
BTW, Socrates II is my new handle and I am sticking with it. I finally found one I really like
that has some meaning to me.