I'm not an expert in running a society, but I think that if our leaders want us to be invested in the success of our world then they need to grant us the ability to influence them, either directly or indirectly in a way that we can easily see cause and effect. As it stands, the poor and the rich live in two distinctly different worlds, and the poor have so little that they're pretty much denied the right to exist. Think about it. No one who isn't obscenely rich has access to fame anymore, and if you don't become famous than not even your family will remember you once you're dead. For most people, seeing is believing, so if nobody sees you, or hears your name, than the world will never believe that you exist, even while you're alive.