"So what's the answer? Revolution?" Haha, no, not in this day and age. People in power these days know you have to keep the public sated to prevent revolution.

"So what's the answer? Revolution?" Haha, no, not in this day and age. People in power these days know you have to keep the public sated to prevent revolution. People with family and jobs who live in relative safety and have a reasonable amount of income aren't going to revolt. And the public shouldn't initiate a revolution anyways because the cost becomes too great with a society this size. The answer is deceptively simple. Develop a theory of change (work backwards from your end goal to discover the steps that need to be taken) and devise a strategy that takes into account the dynamics of power. The problem is that this is very difficult. You have to be very disciplined, you have to abandon your personal life goals, you have to find people to help you, and you will almost certainly have to do something out of line with your ideals (such as manipulating people or temporarily acting like the people you are trying to be rid of).