The current system relies heavily on current and current is the only truly reliable way to get things done, and the people who do the work are not the ones who get to make the decisions, but the workers and consumers need to be more than just users.
The people who do the work are not the ones who get to make the, the ones who do the work are the ones who are most capable of doing it.
The reason that we have a system that is so deeply flawed is that it has been designed by those who are most interested in maintaining it.
Another way to look at it is that the current system is a one that is not sustainable and that we need to be considering alternatives.