I'll give to you only one answer. Look at Ukraine. If people realy want to succeed, they do. If anyone here felt realy so strong about that article, they'd do something. Simply put, there is just no one who can be asked. It wouldn't matter if they got anywhere, but it would matter if they tried.

One thing you are right about, Human Nature: if they are lazy, they are lazy. Not much we can do about it.