I don't know if anything could be more efficient. It's not as if the #Occupy protesters and their supporters are going to have a big effect on Republican elections, they wouldn't have supported them or voted for them before the protests and they won't after them. The only group of politicians that the #Occupy protesters will have an effect on are the Democrat lawmakers. They're part of the core constituency of the Democratic Party and if they're willing to back the same old, same old politicians that helped (along with Republican lawmakers) put us in the mess in the first place, then nothing will change. If they instead find Democrat/left leaning politicians willing to support what they want to accomplish (of the Bernie Sanders mold), then maybe they'll be on the road to getting something done. I just don't think they'll generate much support among undecided voters with the strategy and the tactics they're using right now.
The timeline happening in the U.S. now sounds exactly like history repeating itself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
The
French Revolution (
French:
Révolution française; 17891799), sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution'
[1] (
La Grande Révolution), was a period of
radical social and political upheaval in
France and
Europe.
The
absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years.
French society underwent an epic transformation as
feudal, aristocratic and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from
radical left-wing political groups,
masses on the streets, and peasants in the countryside. Old ideas about tradition and hierarchy - of
monarchy,
aristocracy and
religious authority - were abruptly overthrown by new
Enlightenment principles of
equality,
citizenship and
inalienable rights.
Causes
Adherents of most historical models identify many of the same features of the
Ancien Régime as being among the causes of the Revolution.
Economic factors included
hunger and
malnutrition in the most destitute segments of the population, due to rising bread prices
Another cause was the state's effective bankruptcy due to the enormous cost of previous wars
France's inefficient and antiquated financial system was unable to manage the
national debt, something which was both partially caused and exacerbated by the burden of an inadequate system of taxation.
Meanwhile, the royal court at
Versailles was seen as being isolated from, and indifferent to, the hardships of the lower classes.
Many other factors involved resentments and aspirations given focus by the rise of
Enlightenment ideals. These included resentment of royal
absolutism; resentment by peasants, laborers and the
bourgeoisie toward the traditional
seigneurial privileges possessed by the nobility
The guillotine as a symbol
The
Revolutionary Tribunal summarily condemned thousands of people to death by the guillotine, while mobs beat other victims to death.
At the peak of the terror, the slightest hint of counter-revolutionary thoughts or activities (or, as in the case of
Jacques Hébert, revolutionary zeal exceeding that of those in power) could place one under suspicion, and trials did not always proceed according to contemporary standards of
due process. Sometimes people died for their political opinions or actions, but many for little reason beyond mere suspicion, or because some others had a stake in getting rid of them. Most of the victims received an unceremonious trip to the guillotine in an open wooden cart (the
tumbrel).
Legacy
Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in
human history
Some historians argue that the French people underwent a fundamental transformation in self-identity, evidenced by the elimination of privileges and their replacement by
rights as well as the growing decline in social deference that highlighted the principle of equality throughout the Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution#cite_note-152
The Revolution represented the most significant and dramatic challenge to political absolutism up to that point in history