Things are...
Things are the way they are because we have consistently made the choices that have led to this outcome.
We have for the most part, democracies and capitalist societies because we have decided that these systems work best for us.
Things are the way they are because we have chosen for them to be this way.
We have chosen and built this version of the world, our collective and consistent decisions over a very long time have taken us where we are.
We vote who represents us, therefore we chose what political views and values to support.
We decide who to do business with, therefore we buy and sell to whom we chose and make them grow implicitly.