"Could we set up a foundation?" Barry said. "One specifically for helping the poor—giving them clothes and food, at least keeping them from freezing to death. Maybe we could help those who are physically healthy get treatment and return to society."
"Only to get kicked out again?" Ron said. "I know that if we spent a lot of money and resources, we might indeed save some people, but the efficiency would be too low. We have to admit that what we can do is limited. That's exactly why we need to find an efficient way to solve problems for more people."
"Could we start with the election?" Diana said. "Can't we vote a better government into office?"
Everyone booed, especially the Americans. Arthur snorted and said, "Elections nowadays aren't about voting for the party you like. They're about voting for the opponent of the party you hate. You choose the lesser of two evils, and neither one is all that lesser. At most, it just lets you vent."
Diana sighed. She found it absurd too. After all, it wasn't as though the two parties had never taken turns in power. When had things ever gotten better?
"I think we should make full use of our superpowers," Ron said. "I could brainwash some people and make them less extreme. At the very least, I could get them to relax some of the requirements in healthcare or relief work."
"The problem now is that resources at the bottom are limited," Bruce said. "If you order a group of people to shift resources toward one portion of the population, then another portion will go without. And if you want resources to flow downward, you can only change the structure at the top—and that's very difficult to change."
"Can't you brainwash the people at