If things get bad enough, then protests might break out as an emerging response and a sign of desperation. However, I think those are the pot boiling over kind and they can get very chaotic.
Then, there is the question about whether they work well here anymore? They used to have more impact, or so it seems to me, in the last century.
I think that the MIC is far more resilient and, from what you see from polls about what the people want and what actually gets legislated, politics seems to be rather insulated as well. In that case, mere protests may have sensational value, but one has to wonder if the investment of time and energy is worthwhile if we are talking about planned, orderly and repeated events.
It seems that, due to the resiliency of corporations, (the MIC) and the apathy of politicians may require something that is felt over and above marches and chants these days. I guess I am getting at various forms of general strikes that are felt and that reverberate through the system. Otherwise, one might just be adding to the current spectacle and everything gets lost in the churn of the news cycle eventually.
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