To survive we only need clothes (in cold climates), water and food, everything else is pleasure, but we have been led to believe that much more is needed, we have many examples to prove it, I believe it's dangerous to think that one can solve the so-called global problems, and if there are at that scale, I think they could be individualized and solved with ease, corporations and any type of establishment are nothing by themself, they need customers and it would be quite easy to let them starve but convenience arrived long ago, and not many are willing to lose it, not just the elites.