[civilized]

Wow, a story where things start out a mess and end up a lot better! Can we write one of these for society too?

[xpe]

There are bright spots. You might enjoy this book: Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project by Bob Moses [1]

See also: The Algebra Project https://algebra.org/wp/

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Moses_(activist)