content: Those in power are more powerful today than ever as well.  This trumps any 'power' a non-high-society person has. If you're a group of people bitching and moaning how Nestle is stealing your water, your voice won't even be heard because Nestle would have lobbyists and media manipulators paid by the millions to have their way. We may be more informed as individuals now than ever before, but we most definitely are not powerful to any realistic degree.