those leaders focusing solely on what will maintain their own power
so there you have it. The status quo is maintained because those with the power to change it have no interest in doing so.
That has nothing to do with coding, sinking islands or any other thing we could do. Sinking an island just to "renew" is is a lot like nuking planet earth into a wasteland in order to get the corrupt politicians who have taken over out of power. It's... not strictly wrong, and it'll accomplish the goal, but it is a tiny bit excessive and it will damage the innocent most and those you want to hit least.
If you sink AT because you want to break up the mega alliance, it will re-form elsewhere.
