Holy crap. Stop blaming everyone else for your problems. TIME TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH REALITY.
Yes, we are all dealt a hand in life. But guess what? WE are all given the choice of what to do with that hand! Nobody is FORCING us to go out and be homogenous. People choose to do that themselves! They choose to go to a university and then get a "good, safe" job! Then, there are those who choose to buck the trend, and contrary to being "punished" by the "man", they get to live the true dream of American capitalism!
If you are still the same person now as you were in high school and you still look at everything the same way, it's your own fault. You have the power to change yourself in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. Since HS, I have grown physically, spiritually, emotionally, and pretty much every other way, and I continue to do so. I'm only 20, and thus I have at least 60 years left on this lease unless God has other plans for me. I refuse to waste those years by being homogenous and staying stagnant.
Again, stop *****ing about how we are controlled and programmed into thinking we are worthless. If you want to reprogram yourself, the tools you need are as close as your local Barnes and Noble, or amazon.com, or city library, and if YOU are *****ing about this yet YOU don't go there and do something about it, then YOU deserve to have your lease on life torn up and eaten. Where's your police state now?
The way to make change happen is to make it happen from WITHIN. Don't like what the media pushes? BECOME the media. Become a newscaster, radio host, TV actor, movie actor, or even an internet blogger. With the continued growth of the internet, free thought and free speech has NEVER been easier to access. And how do you get the word out there? ADVERTISING! The same stuff you folks rail against in your little rants about the big bad societal programmers! Make the "enemy" a friend, and nobody stands a chance! Don't like manipulation? BECOME the manipulator and manipulate people into thinking for themselves!
The "system" has always been, and always will be! There will always be the more influential and the less influential; this isn't communism! And for pete's sake, you live in the UNITED STATES! It's easier for your everyday man to become a great influence on society here than it is in pretty much any other nation! If you can't figure out how to achieve your goals outside of "the system" in this country, than you are an idiot! The resources are EVERYWHERE! Use them!!!