Please trust me that the last thing I want to do is sound rude, so please don't take this offensively. A great man once said 'Be the change you want to see in the world', so before you start complaining about corporate whorism or gas prices or the gov't or what's going on in the middle east, exist in your personal life in a way to change things for at least yourself to the world, then complain. Advocate. Bitch. Do whatever you need to do. A great place to change the world is to start at home and work your way out.
So true cerridwen....the world around you has to be changed from with-in.....until a person can reorganize their inner world.....they shouldn't complain about the world around them.....cuz they are only bitching....and not making a difference....which only adds to the problem