Actually we can make a difference, a lot of what happens relates to the Govt we elect our power to make change resides in how we elect that Govt, that is why it's called a democracy.
Furthermore we can remove that Govt if we need too any time we want by people power.
Unfortunately we seem to have elected in the last few years a bunch of incompetent back stabbing liars who seem only interested in power mongering and feathering their own nests

while the majority of us generally whinge but do little to change the status quo.
Most of us could all end up living like this

joining that 1.3 billion while the remainder live in sheer luxury, in the meantime our

struggle to survive in a country stripped of it's natural resources devoid of technological development while our taxes are wasted in Govt follies.
So next year make a change I know I will be.