Yeah, was skimming through the replies. I try not to be too much of an idealist for these types of reasons. It seems there are lots of "suboptimal" equilibria that can form, and escape via some ideal is not possible as it's too big a leap away from the Nash equalibrium you're stuck in. I don't have very well articulated thoughts about it, just kinda vaguely where I find myself often sitting. Not happy about it, but kinda stuck with systems we had no say in, it seems.