Everybody Knows - But Who Feels Able To Act?

In the immortal (if somewhat depressing) words of Leonard Cohen, Everybody Knows.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows that the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking

Everybody knows that the captain lied

Everybody got this broken feeling

Like their father or their dog just died

The real question is why so few feel able to act. Perhaps LC is right - we've all got "this broken feeling" - but if we don't stand up to be counted we connive at our own demise.