It is always the few, who through their activism, affect the many. It is always the many who do little or nothing who complain the most. Activism is socially responsible living. Rosa Parks was an activist. Look at what she accomplished, one individual ready, prepared and able to rock the boat.
Activists create tools for building new paradigms.
This is what Rosa did. Those who complain or who are unhappy are more apt to realize alternatives through working toward the implementation of new paradigms, of working for change. Oppression is not something that is forced upon a people by a nameless, faceless government. Oppression is the deliberate result of the individual actions of individuals acting in the name of the state. Oppression is the status quo that develops because too many good people remain uninvolved under the guise of being non-political.