Good post. The Tea Party did succeed in getting people out into the streets and achieving results in 2010. They made a statement that resonated with a lot of people. Unfortunately, that movement has largely faded away and resistance is largely confined now to, as you say, sitting behind a computer. IMO a MASSIVE march on DC or other major cities with the right theme would be a start to get back into action mode. Politicians are weasels; they fear large crowds.
I have been preaching on FR and FB for years since the Tea Party stopped doing what had been successful. I attended the 9/12/09 massive March on D.C. along with FR folks and about one million other people. Prior to that, dozens of Tea Party rallies had gone on starting on 4/15/09... Glenn Beck had his huge rally in D.C. in October 2010... These rallies - Big and Small are what elected around 63 new so called Conservatives to the House - taking back the House for Republicans. Since then most of those ‘conservatives’ have been co-opted by the Establishment Republicans. For the life of me I cannot understand why the Tea Party stopped doing was had been so successful. You’re right Politicians do not like big crowds.. So I suggest even BIGGER ONES... get 3-4 million people in D.C. and shut it down...