My point, which I think you may have missed, is that it often takes negative forces becoming more expressed and blatant, in order for folks to decide to work against them, which then often leads to an improvement in the overall situation.
Perhaps you disagree with this notion, and if so, I would ask, what examples can you provide of humanity proactively working to solve problems, prior to their reaching an extreme? My read of history and frankly, the forces of evolution itself, is that things do not often work this way.