Toward Ecosophy

With what you see regarding the first house (ordinary folks being more or less spared the worst bits) and the twelfth (respect for major institutions going down the pisciatoo) does this perhaps indicate a potential for people to take the initative and find ways to go around the nanny establishments and take more of their day-to-day concerns and needs into their own hands? Is the day of the Ruinmen and Green Wizards perhaps at hand?