Hi, L2R:   I'd like to hope that we could be a better society / better nation, too, and conscientiously and effectively address outstanding social issues.  I'm not sure it is possible, though, with current social trends that absolutely discourage adult responsibility, initiative, self-discipline, or self-reliance.   The State bureaucracy evidently much prefers us as passivated, enervated, frightened sheep - hapless, helpless, and hopeless, just blindly trotting whichever direction we're herded.  :-/