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But yeah I hope somebody does something about this rotten mess soon.
It's a weird pickle, because mostly-self-interested somebody's (aka "individuals") are the problem, and thus can/does their intervention only exacerbate.
The solution is to real-I-ze one isn't such a pathetic little beast, which - when *real* (hence the '*real*-I-ize', earlier) terminates the impetus to act out thusly.
Properties of a good economics system
"I'll give you this if you give me that, and I can consider separate offers if there are separate offers, or refuse the deal if I want to."
From there everything else like supply/demand pricing, wealth & and means-of-production ownership concentration, inheritance, future markets, collagerized debt obligations, labor exploitation have all emerged.
And that core rule set had an inherent flaw from day one. "I'll give you this if you give me that" doesn't account for how other parties are impacted.
That's because the flaw is deeper than the rule set: it's in the self-definition of the rule set's creators, who - except accidentally and/or disingenuously - cannot create rule sets other than the self-serving kind.