A Pathetic Generation

So I started wondering about the next revolution, what it would be like, and what we have to revolt against. As the government has increasingly less power, and it becomes evident that they are controlled by big guns with money, who can buy them out so that the law suits their will, not that this is anything new, but I have become more aware of it, and I don't know if that's because of external (it is more evident to everyone) or internal (I'm learning more about it) factors.
Anyway, since the era of big government is over, the people seem to think that they have more freedom. They can dress the way they want, they can travel to (almost) wherever they want, and associate with whomever they want. But in fact, we are no more free than we have ever been because rather than being controlled by an entity like the government, that we could join forces and rebel against, we have vastly increased our self-control. This has come about through isolating the individual (so that we think selfishly- game theory) and through standardizations of what it is to be normal (psychotherapy and so-called experts). We now express our perceived freedom through our consumer choices, and feel the need to consume to fill our empty selves that have less community ties. This freedom through consumption has pacified the public so that they do not feel the need to revolt against any entity, and the availability and choice of consumer goods has increased our ability to ignore the real world. What Orwell got wrong is that it's not the government that will control us, it's the CEOs of companies like Clear Channel and Viacom that have the most (money, and therefore) power. There is increased distance to where our products actually come from (sweatshops) and to the effects our behavior is having on the world (pollution of third world contries so that they have no clean drinking water) so it becomes easier to ignore. The companies give us a limited option of goods to choose from, and because of these options we think we are free. Our society is largely free from class distinctions and the way a certain type of person has to act (the poor have the freedom to move up in society and we would accept it- but even though they have this freedom, we do nothing to encourage it). We have outlets for rebellion, like being emo or hippie, but it's controlled in self-expression- we think we can be whomever we want to be and that's enough.
So, what do we have to do to rile up this apathetic generation that looks the other way and is contented with listening to angry music rather than actually getting angry?