http://piercepenniless.wordpress.com...02/07/justice/
This reduction of political activity to a system of lobbying via moral shame is more widespread – many also talk about strike action or more targeted protest action in the same way. But it’s a rare case where mere moral embarrassment can avert economic policy or force a capitalist employer to behave better – were it otherwise, we’d already be living post-capitalism.
Relevant to your discussion of the decline of anger in culture.
Got to say though, nothing quite gets you going than the likes of
THIS
Maybe if we can't have the kind of anger RATM had, we could still have a kind of disgusted anger that was aware of its own futility. Even that would be better than the sunshiney indie crap we've been barraged with ever since bands like RATM went into decline.