Great article! Thanks for taking it to this level and doing your research.
Yes, what are the solutions? Well they have to be people powered and they require elbow grease. No free lunch in the people's revolution!
Keep writing! Thanks, Monty
ps. I just wrote about this in my new song entitled, 'The Line':
Left wing, right wing
The same rotten tree
Rot at the heart of the core
Rot at the heart of the beast
The same corruption
The same hollow seed
The chill at the valley of shadows
Knock, knock, knocking at your door
The same deception
The same unfulfilled need