“What would happen if one million people calmly walked into Washington DC, sat down in the streets, and simply didn’t leave?”
That would work, of course. But good luck on getting one million Americans to go to Washington who simply wouldn’t want to leave.
Americans fear losing what they have - status-quo, finances, property, etc.
Additionally, the freeloaders aren’t going to want to lose their free handouts so that they certainly aren’t going to go to Washington to complain.
Who’s left to do that?
Precisely.