I gathered my statment from obserivng a world with many problems currently.
As far as being able to change...absolutely! When one becomes aware of the patterns they are engaging and is dedicated to changing it the loop changes. We can all interrupt negative patterns at any time. Bit we must be aware of the pattern and its effects and then be determined to actually change the pattern. Many people will not take responsibility for creating their life so they spiral in negative patterns blaming forces outside themselves. Just look around and take a pulse on our world and you will see that the mas majority is living in that state.
I like applying this....
A body in motion tends to stay in motion.
A body at rest tends to stay at rest.
It takes a force acted on the body to change form one state to another. This 'force" can take many forms such as an epiphany.
Where there is a will to change there is a way. But one must come off auto pilot and being making their own decisions. Sometimes that may feel like swimming upstream for a while (force applied).