I know dozens of great hivers who all say the same thing and then there is you

You can believe whoever you want. If they say theres a shadow government and people in control, im sure thats more comforting to believe.
Im sure that makes it weird seeing me saying that we need more structure. So either im trying to fool you or your friends are wrong.
Whatever you want to change, it has to come from you. Or you can start targeting individuals 1 by 1 and try and have them fix the one small thing they work on personally. There is no one to fix everything. definitely no one to do everything you listed there.