1 Recognize the problem

2 Talk about the problem

3 Wait until enough people recognize the problem and are willing to do something about it collectively

4 Do something about the problem

Never do step 4 until step 3 is achieved. What about problems you can solve yourself? Then the number of people required in step 3 is one. But for other problems that involve groups of people the number of people required to solve the problem usually increases the larger the group causing the problem is