Yes, religious and intellectual leadership is needed, both to guide the masses and to counterbalance the destructive tendencies of sociopathic elites. Since this leadership is mostly gone, society will continue to deteriorate until a stable dark age or idiocracy-type situation is reached. There is little individuals can do to build communities in such a situation.

You, dear reader, are to blame for failing to take any action to rectify the current situation even for yourself.

In what ways can decent individuals substantially improve their own lives, let alone rectify the situation, in a society as depraved as this one? It's all but impossible through individual effort. Some level of decency must exist in society in order for individual action to have any effect. Decency and good values are not only rare, but are actively suppressed, while bad values are imposed and enforced. And now international travel is being suppressed, so it's increasingly difficult for individuals to improve their own lives by going to a less depraved place.

You haven't produced anything of value that could improve the world.

I think it's unrealistic to expect individuals just to step up and create value, because there is (a) no support to do so and (b) modern society hates and seeks actively to destroy anything of real value. Many people who would produce value in a better society are unable to do so now, for various reasons. They may be excluded from the relevant positions where they could do so, because of sex and race quotas, or because of their political views or personality (decent people are not wanted). If they are able to secure a position, they may still be unable to produce value because producing value is not their organization's priority.

As for purely individual efforts, usually people can't produce something of value in their spare time, for lack of time, resources and feedback. If a genius programmer or inventor does manage something like this, the idea is either stolen or ignored. Normally, individuals contribute value to society in the context and with the support of an already functioning local community, which provides a range of ways for them to do so: in a religion, in a trade or profession, in voluntary organizations, informally among neighbors and friends, in extended families. These structures were built over several or many generations, but now are all but destroyed.

You haven't sought out decent people to possibly form decent communities

The few remaining decent communities have high barriers to entry, whether formal or informal.

You haven't supported conservative religions that are needed to give moral guidance to the moronic masses.

In the past year and half, a lot of decent churchgoing people who thought they were supporting conservative religions found out that their leadership is aligned with the satanic global regime, and totally unqualified to give moral guidance. The few remaining religious communities that have not capitulated are difficult to join for various reasons.