Why aren't we rioting in the streets?

Look at the situation in both Canada and the U.S.

Governments are giving billions to companies that continue to pay unrealistic salaries to executives (I love the notion of "retention pay" to those who have created these incredible messes), that promise to lay off more workers to become efficient (and for this we give them money?), and don't really want to make the big changes that are clearly needed.

And this is all taxpayer money that we will likely never see back.

So why don't we riot in the streets?

We don't care.
We'd rather hide our heads in the sand and hope that through magical thinking it all works out.
We're too worried about our own jobs or lack thereof.
We're Canadian - we don't do street rioting very well.
As asinine as it seems, we think the governments are doing the right thing, given the circumstances.
We don't want to go to jail.
We don't think it would make any difference anyway.
We know the Mayan calendar ends in 2012, so at most, there's only 3 years left of this.
We'd rather watch the hockey game.
We don't give a flying fuck - stop asking all these questions and making us feel bad.