It's an unfortunate metaphor, which has been used before e.g. Training Day (2001) - 
BTW, synchronistically, I saw someone post this on Twitter today so I thought I'd post it here:
It's debatable whether the system is too big for an individual to change, given that individuals can and do change things sometimes. But it's changing anyway, in my opinion. I genuinely believe there are very effective forces at work that are helping that along, moving things in the direction of real freedom.
RE: Freedom