Welcome to steemit @desmondmorris, I agree with your words, this society seems blind to real problems and we often worry about issues that really do not matter. I think the best way to help is to contribute our grain of sand to help as far as we can. I think that if we want to change things we have to put effort into it and not look away and live the easy or difficult life that we have been sold, so I am very happy to read posts like yours and meet people with these concerns.
Thank you so much, greetings from Spain (and sorry for my english.