It's quite obvious that it's not universal, and that's a shame. If it were, we'd probably be more open to making changes to longstanding institutions which are no longer serving us.

Have you considered the possibility that those close to you may not be your friends, and that the system is not actually usefully considered as your enemy?

Oh plenty of times, but the system repeatedly talks me out of it by treating humans like trash, and being a human myself, I have to pay attention to that sort of thing.

Every time I think I have a real enemy among the people I interact with personally, I eventually come to understand that their problematic behavior is--if not justified--explainable. And once I have that explanation, it never seems like acting against them directly is likely to have any positive effect. If they're playing a role in which we're opposed, the solution is to find a way to rewrite the script such that we're not.

That doesn't mean it's all sunshine and rainbows, conflict still happens, but I try not to let it be the kind of conflict that has been designed by some authority to keep me and my "enemy" busy such that we're too distracted with each other to reconsider the legitimacy of that authority--and I think that counts for quite a lot of conflict in the world, which is why I wish more people had come to this conclusion.

I think the best place for learning this is a school, where the attempt to make you compete with your peers over "points," whatever those are, is so laughably transparent in its lack of regard for your wellbeing, and where the consequences of failing are so low. Meanwhile, quite a lot of fun and learning can happen because you're all stuck there anyway, might as well make the most of it.

One must eventually confront authority somewhere, where else?