@Enso I'm not saying the solution is for everyone to move to the countryside! This isn't a thing we can solve all at once. In general dramatic social change just don't happen like that. New ways must be developed and rolled out. I guess I'm saying, my model is move to the country for experimentation, R&D, then back to the cities with new solutions, once you've demonstrated success.

The difference is between local and city politics. If you go found a small intentional community, most of what you'll have to deal with is just internal politics to that community. Massively more tractable than trying to change a whole city.