People are struggling with constantly increased cost of living here, and that is part of why ignorant moderate voters switched sides even though Trump is the worst answer.
Nothing you said sounds like a conspiracy, unless folks are ignorant.
But you're right, the most effective protests create inconvenience to those in power. In the US, that his historically meant costing a lot of money at the minimum.
But yeah, these guys didn't cause any damage. They created a scene, sure, but all they did was try to raise awareness of a very real problem. And when you look at the response to this, which doesn't even do any harm, it makes it feel pretty obvious that the public is not ready for change and does not support it.
So all of the major party ones. Got it.