Humans have evolved to not know the difference between leaders and bullies. Making decisions that create sustainable human futures would require a level of consciousness that most of humanity is unwilling to accept in the short term, and profits are made by ignoring the collective effects and responsibilities of humans to the planet that spawned us. The bizarre illogic of economists is always built inside closed resource systems where humans compete with each other for resources that they don't need, while the planet needs humans to contribute rather than extract value.
Those "decision-makers" at the top of the pyramid of competitive selfishness are never going to choose to reverse the flow of money and value. Everyone is seeking solutions to keep the familiar systems working, but these systems we have built are built on the assumption that demand for resources will always stimulate more extraction from imagined places we have yet to 'colonize'.
Even total collapse doesn't change the process. The poorer people get, the more they only have time to think about acquiring basic needs. The richer they are, the less they care about where the wealth comes from.
Somewhere in a collective, cooperative way, people have the potential to build a way of life that is generous to the future health of their places without expectations of selfish status.
There have been a few examples over the centuries of such intentional communities, but they are almost always overwhelmed and consumed.
The soul of humanity is evident in what it does to its places. I can only offer the immortal wisdom of Frank Sinatra: "Do, Be, Do, Be, Do".
All decisions are made at the checkouts. The 'votes' are added up and turned into policies by Money. Believing that anything else is going on in the minds of the Powers That Be is delusional.
Marketing professionals created Consumerism, and consumerism was so profitable that it overwhelmed any sense of responsibility, democracy or humanitarianism.
Support your local avocado farmer if you choose, but be aware of how that affects the soil, the air and the decisions to plant and subsidize systems to get those avocados to you (including the landlord raising the rent so he can buy avocados).
