I don't really get this obsession with preserving the status quo. It is not universally good and by doing so we may prevent good things from happening.
Just like how changing things is not universally good. Let's not get into that discussion ^_^ I am a mixed bag on that anyway, sometimes change is good and sometimes preserving things is better.
I would argue that there is a lack of understanding of how well the status quo prevents bad things from happening. We take for granted how many problems we've solved, because many of these problems didn't exist in our lifetimes.