In fair turn I would say you are assuming if enough people are “screwed” they become interested in learning instead of turning to violence or some other sort of retribution.
Building something fixes knowledge and know-how into something others can benefit from, at scale.
Destruction does not scale.
People do not side with destroyers. They side with people who build alternatives.
(No one said it has to or will be perfect. It just has to be better than whatever preceded it.)