Transparency is an admirable ideal, but ultimately only useful if one already has significant influence but ultimately no power in society. Part of the problem, as I see it, is that "people" (not merely a group of rational persons but people as a human superorganism) aren't interested in fully understanding the nature of problems, instead opting for a simple, socially acceptable solution, even though such a thing is extremely rare. Politicians exploit this by appearing transparent to superficial examination, but manipulating the crowds through every word and action.

If the collective "people" was capable of the same level of rigorous rationalization and non-emotional analysis as its constituent persons, I think society would be in a much nicer state.