You can have all the ideas that you want but the levers of power and the ability to actually implement response efforts at the level of thousands to millions of

You can have all the ideas that you want but the levers of power and the ability to actually implement response efforts at the level of thousands to millions of people, nationally and internationally, is only in the hands of a "far smaller group of minds". Neoliberalism has sold you the bill of goods that you are free because your opinion can differ from the ruling class. But the ruling class is nonetheless going to look after its own and leave you to the dogs. They have nothing but contempt for you. They don't give a shit what your opinion is or how this series of crises will disrupt your life, and the lives of those less fortunate and more precarious than yours.