Factories are shut down when workers walk out or sit down; welfare bureaucracies are thrown into chaos when crowds demand relief; landlords may be bankrupted when tenants refuse to pay rent. In each of these cases, people cease to conform to accustomed institutional roles; they withhold their accustomed cooperation, and by doing so, cause institutional disruptions.”
These can be massively effective. By going after the incentive structure and causing real monetary pain you can bring a lot of attention. Unfortunately its very hard to organize enough people to do this on a scale necessary to inflict this kind of pain, at least with the federal government. Could be easier on the state and municipal levels.
