Sure, but Sanders, and later Clinton, still lost... to a man so regressive and unfit most people believed he could never ever win.

So while Occupy may have brought the concept of the "one percent" into the public consciousness, did anything actually change because of it?

At this point I'm of the opinion that Trump will ironically cause much more (progressive) change simply because he makes people, even conservatives, angry enough that they swing the other way.

If the Democrats regain control of Congress in 2018 I expect it to be in no small part because Trump is in office. I expect this to be easier than if someone like Kasich or Rubio was sitting in the Oval right now instead.

Assuming I'm right, the major downside is that a lot of less privileged people will be in much worse situations for a while.