What will it take to turn the tide?

According to news outlets and various people:
The government’s trying to weaken the middle class. Laws are being passed to force conformity (NCLB, Credit Reporting). Corporations are also forcing conformity (ACT/GRE tests, Race to the Top, big box stores, Facebook Scores). SWAT style tactics are becoming the norm. Blogs are neutralized or shut down. Our options for president are unrealistic (zealot, isolationist, puppet, corporatist)... the Occupy movement was attacked with the militarized cops.

What do you think will happen? What do you think will take to change this course?