Both groups reflect the sense of helplessness felt by the average individual in seeing himself or herself crushed by the Behemoth of power represented by all the levels of government bureaucracy, the wealth of massive corporations and the ubiquitous impact of the press, the radio and television. (religion-online.org)
NCLB's greatest shortcoming was that it tried to do too much at once and created dynamics that led to a sense of helplessness in many schools. (educationnext.org)
These works seem to allude to a state of helplessness in the face of turmoil, with Abney seemingly admitting that with so much going wrong it is often easy to feel overwhelmed and hopeless. (brooklynrail.org)