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The difference between you and most other people is that you actually want to make a difference ( I think ). If people really wanted to make a difference there are ways it could be done. One of the thing people could do is have some aspiring programmer create an app that would alert people to movements in the commodity futures markets, the place where the base prices for pretty much everything are either set or influenced, and where major gamblers affect the prices rather than a true need for the resources. By pairing such an app with a list of products and alerting everyday consumers to which ones to buy or not buy, the masses could fight back against the gambling vampires with their fangs in the system and drive prices down to where they should be. But how many people would actually bother to do that? People will use a coupon because they get instant savings. Anything that takes time for the effect to make a difference for them is granted lower priority. Another thing people can do is educate themselves about the advantages of abandoning polarized political views and adopting ones that makes sense for each particular situation, and then vote for candidates that support such an approach. But again, no instant reward. Another thing people can do is stop participating in circumstances that limit their rights and grant corporate giants more power e.g. credit cards, unfair user agreements, jobs run like fascist corporate dictatorships ( non-union or otherwise ). But again that means that their instant gratification would be compromised, so what does everyone do instead? Complain ... complain ... complain ... wah wah wah ... it isn't fair ( but I don't care so long as I get my instant download, phone call, credit, French fry ... whatever ).