I really enjoyed your comments. (also as a former educator:) . But you also know that dreams and stories of a better world are how we mould our reality :)

And perhaps hopeful to know that some people are already there. > https://www.ecovillagenews.org/wiki/index-php/Systemic_Consensus_%E2%80%94_Fast__Visual__and_Hard_to_Argue_With/

Systemic Consensus is the cornerstone of an alternative model of governance https://www.ecogood.org/what-is-ecg/ecg-in-a-nutshell/

I myself have been using sociocracy for the last 20 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zFWpntExg&feature=youtu.be