The above quote is from the movie: Network, in which anchorman Howard Beale on live television in an emotional cathartic outburst pleads with his audience to stick their necks out their windows and to shout out that they are indeed "mad as hell…". This, of course, was fictional, but forty-odd years from this seminal movie, it doesn't appear that the American public has ever really bought into that they are indeed the captains of their own ship and the change that they claim to want, is therefore in their own hands. Instead, most people are far too involved in their own minutiae of their own life, to have the capacity to demand and to effect real and lasting change, and so through their own inactions, the chains of governmental intrusion and servitude to the State are strengthened.
There isn't a country or a business model that can successfully and fully function, if the people, if the majority, will not give in to the State or to conglomerate demands. It is up to the people to rock the boat, to agitate for change, to press their points, to protest with their bodies and with their pocketbooks, as well as to shine light on things that the oppressors fear to have exposed that will begin the process of actual, functional, and meaningful change. Most of the change that we desire does not happen overnight, nor does it often happen by leadership suddenly becoming more enlightened, instead it happens, because of relentless pressure, because it is an idea who time has come, and because it is right.
Those that are first to rise up against the State, are like the first soldiers to strike out against a formidable enemy, in which often the result for the first wave is injury, hurt, privation, or even death, but without these brave souls sacrificing themselves for the greater good, the greater good would not ever come. Today's corporate State has but two primary objectives, to see that you are placated, and to exploit you in such a way that you are not overly upset about it; they need to accomplish this in order so that these privileged elite can live high on the hog on your backs, on your labor, and on your knowledge. Life does not, need not, be this way, as there are many alternatives to this current poor state of affairs.
Fortunately, in America, each adult is entitled to one vote, so that in theory, we can vote upon the change that we actually desire. However, in function, this often is not the case, as the choices given to us, are in effect, nothing but a Hobson's choice. Still that does mean, that brick by brick, step by step, that change cannot be implemented as the Watchman, no matter how diligent, cannot see everything, cannot know everything, and cannot anticipate everything.
Some great changes have already occurred in this nation, mainly because of the brave mortals that have obeyed their heart and their inspiration to help to manifest that change. When you are mad, dig beneath the surface and mine that anger, discover what it is that upsets you, and if it is worthy, make a vow to do something about it, and not to just sit back and stew in your anger. A man is not born to be permanently stooped over, so stiffen up your back, and reclaim what is rightfully yours.