Not sure how this kind of thinking helps address systemic corruption unless you're actively engaged in that kind of activity & this is an admission.

In the broad sense, yes, we (humanity) are good at doing dumb things. Making life harder than it needs to be. We realize maybe a quarter or 10% of our collective potential due to corruption of the state, corporations, propaganda, personal failings, etc. Organizational incentives are such that an intransigent minority can excel by sowing chaos & dysfunction - something appears throughout history.

This is applied philosophy/anthropology though & not particularly actionable. Unless my first sentence is operative.