The thing I wonder about sometimes is why are Americans so complacent. I think that part of it is that even the poorest people in this country believe that they to may someday be rich so it makes sense to them to protect the interests of the rich. I think that an isolated world view is also part of the picture. The media is another factor of course but sometimes I have a hard time wrapping my head around the point of view of the populace.
And while there is certainly a place for mass movement, civil disobedience, legal action and direct action I think that Lenin put it well when he said "Political power grows out the barrel of a gun" .