I was in Teddies and I was one of those people that was picked up by Musks. I have first hand knowledge of the chain of events.
As for using 30 people to be effective, I believe it can be done. If you take 30 highly active people who all work well together, taking one or two cities at a time would not be so hard. Especially if they understood that consolidating your position, instead of spreading yourself thin through expansion, is one of the most important parts of this game. Ask any former Teddy about over expansion. I'm sure they would agree.
I'd rather have 30 active people each contributing 10 attacks on one city or 5 on 2 cities each. So that's 300 attacks on one city or 150 attacks on two cities. Before you say it wouldn't work, I have seen it done many times. I have seen it work almost every time.
The keys will always be activity level and organization. Honestly, if you put up a call to arms this very second how many of your 60 do you think would be able to mobilize instantly? If 30 people decided to all be on at the exact same time so they could all launch at the same target, I have no doubt a revolt would get through easily and you'd have to hope enough people logged in within the 12 hr window and were close enough to get support there to help.
I'm done for now. I look forward to your "you don't know the facts" reply that you seem to use so liberally in all your responses to what everyone else, not just me, has said to you. But I must ask, please do tell us the facts since we apparently don't know them, while you do. I have yet to see you impart this vast knowledge you claim to possess upon us poor ignorant plebes.