Russia has an economy smaller than Italy and even though the people are not responsible they will none the less suffer until they deal with Putin. I do not agree with your world view or that of Chris Hedges (I've watched a few of his videos) and my view of Edward Snowden is that he's a traitor. Your country is at war and has been attacked, that tends to make people less tolerant and I'm no exception because my country has been attacked too. I want payback, but that is no reason for action, the existential threat posed by Putin is.
Yer a poster child for the "radical left" and while I'm pretty left of center myself I try to avoid the ditch and the realm of conspiracy theorists. I don't think Hedges is a conspiracy theorist, he is a smart guy who's perspective is warped by his life experiences.
Nobody is going to join a revolution unless conditions in the country become unbearable, have a look around at your own house and those of your neighbors, the majority of people are fucking near living in a materialistic paradise. While yer waiting for the revolution, use that energy to push reform, societies evolve, upward or the spiral downward.
We make history it doesn't just happen, if you don't think a small group of determined people can change the world, tell me when it has been otherwise?