Tea Party 2.0?
We tried that, and the Deep State crushed the movement by weaponizing, then siccing the IRS on us.
That's not to say that large scale demonstrations and such wouldn't create some kind of effect, but I think we've now seen enough of the dark underbelly of the state, to know that we've entered a much more serious stage of dysfunction.
I think Americans have been prepping for where this is really going, for some time now, as is evidenced by gun and ammo sales.
Certain folks were “audited” by the IRS(when they tried to get tax free status for their little blogs and groups) but we saw what happened over time when the IRS tactics were exposed. The Tea Party movements fell prey more to the infighting of those trying to assume leadership of a movement that was more grassroots and good folks were unsure of whom to trust with leadership. I also blame certain folks like Glenn Beck (who lost his nerve when the movements actually showed signs of succeeding...)he pushed the movement big time then just suddenly became a puddle of ooze when people actually started responding).
The impetus is still there which is why Trump got elected. We just are not effective self organizers and those who are good get crushed because we don’t support them.
One other point on IRS weaponization...it only occurred with those “trying to play the bureaucrats” game. The work will have to be done by folks willing to sacrifice time, treasure, and their sacred honor. Forget about trying to go tax free; if one wishes to set up a Tea Party group, then each person spends their own money to support it and will not try to take the money off their taxes. The Battle is existential, not political in nature at the end of which, the IRS will no longer be existent along with a lot of other loathsome governmental entities. They don’t have enough people to make us play their games if 300 million people decide they don’t want to. Even 50 million defiant souls can put a hurt on the system. The sociopaths of the deep state rely on fear and manipulation...that is all they have!