I don't know. Fighting means giving up a lot of creature comforts. As long as they can get a steady stream of cheap internet TV and memes and vapid empty social media interactions and validation for complaining about things, why would they actually take on personal risk to fight it?

Maybe the same could be said in the past, why did they rock the boat, but I think our insane level of comfort with minimally required talent or effort has made for a people basically okay with being second class citizens or even slaves as long as they're not driven too hard. Now you be a good code monkey, a good customer service rep, instead of working the fields.