The world would be such a better place if more people really knew themselves. I feel like most of us, who are lucky, spend the best years of our lives learning to get out of our own way. You're right, the unwillingness for most people to even to make an attempt to see beyond their own bullshit or try to heal from their trauma makes them easy marks for the sociopathic leaders of the world. Working on ourselves is the best, and probably the only way, individuals can make any kind of difference.