Brother: restaurant no get money, money no come next day.

That's not making any assumption. This type of protest hasn't been tried in America at scale, how can I possibly present data. Who knows what the impact will be, why don't we find out before we lable it pointless?

Do you have any data showing that me standing in front of my city hall on Tuesday with a sign makes a difference? Because it's been tried quite a few times since Occupy and nothing has improved. Or is that also operating off of "trust me bro"?

This is coming from a person who wants to do both. Is your argument that we should do nothing?