The other comments here remind me of how pessimistic and lacking in imagination the tech crowd tends to be.
Because earlier attempts failed, does that make an endeavor "impossible"/"naive"?
People cite "human nature", but forget that there exist and have existed systems of living, radically different from what they are used to, which gave rise to completely different "human nature" - or perhaps merely gave it a healthier environment, so it manifested very differently. (This "problem" is frequently refuted in anarchist texts.)
I'll leave some links which I think are relevant to this quest. I hope they provide some answers, or at least provoke further searching.
1. https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-t...
2. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-anarchist-faq-ed...
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TONauJGfc
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching
I hope we find a way. And for those looking and trying to move beyond the status quo, I supply a maxim to bear in mind when facing the unimaginative and the complacent - "It's always impossible until it's done."