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This is also implying that common everyday people actually have control or can influence the situation.
While a wealthy few in the world are the ones that can actually drive change for the better but refuse to because it would affect their wealth and power.
90% of the population wants to do something
10% of the population owns everything
The 10% who have all the control don't mind watching the world burn as long as they keep their mansion.
90% of the population can't do anything because they don't have the wealth to influence anything
100% of the world is completely fine with this situation.
Common everyday people can influence the situation. For example, we can build bombs and set them off inside gas plants.
No, I don't expect you to become a suicide bomber. But this is the truth: how much change you can accomplish is directly proportional to how much effort you put in. I'm putting in effort.