Economic Activism and Progressive Living

It worked only because the occupiers had a conscience.

That is not the case in this country. What substantive change was affected by the Occupy movement? What new laws were passed? How are the corporates acting any different than they were before?

As for violent revolution...no. The public has no stomach for it.

I would think it might be easier to get a number of adjoining states to secede and form a more perfect union. The north eastern states, or the pacific coastal states to start and show how easy it is. The military is full of people who won't shoot their own families... this could work.

But a lot of groundwork/education of the people will be needed first.