Yes, in this sense we need to focus time, money and sustained energy into projects that have the most potential to allow people to prosper and strengthen communities.
I think you've identified one of the major obstacles that people have is that the corporatist state and media dictate what and how we should think about things.
The blockchain is a good example of this as we can build alternatives systems together but I also feel like this has to happen in physical communities at the same time. People need to find common ground and work towards the kind of world we'd like to live in.
The question is, what's that going to take? We need people to wake up and realize we are in it together, the only thing they can do is try to divide us.
To be completely honest, it's probably going to require things to get worse before they get better. It may be necessary for some sort of cataclysmic event to take place to shake people out of their complacency. I hope I'm wrong.
unfortunately, i more or less agree... i also came to that conclusion.. and even posted a fictional story about it.. im hoping change comes in a way that can crush the existing paradigm with minimal casualties.. there are options luckily, not that we get to choose them!
or do we!
One non-violent non cataclysmic option that came to me when i wrote that post was that IF Whistleblowing went Viral, that would totally crumble the whole perception of everything en-mass and would lead to an overnight revolution.
Imagine if one special hero from every strata of power, and every big company came out and told the truth or even a small percentage of the truth!! It would be a frenzy and i believe the start of great change! These things happen when the time is right, just as it is now with sexism and abuse.