The masses are always reactionary. It’s really easy to be hopeless when things are getting worse, but “the night is darkest before the dawn” isn’t just a fun thing to say, it reveals something...
Reactivity reveals a lack of structural thinking — people respond to visible outcomes without asking what incentives produced them. The darkest moment forces clarity because all the comfortable lies stop working. What breaks the reactionary pattern is understanding systems, not just experiencing pain. Do you think education scales or does everyone need to learn the hard way?