[bigbadfeline]

> we can't fix real problems with pipes, roads and other infrastructure because we created a generation (s) of people who were taught to look down on that kind of work.

The problem:

"It's people's fault" (tm).

"The Solution" (by B Brecht):

“Would it not be simpler, for the government, to dissolve the people, and elect another?”

Seriously, why not AI as a solution? That's where all the capital goes... how do you fix anything without capital?