“No #democracy movement has ever failed when it was able to mobilize at least 3.5 % of the population to #protest over a sustained period At that scale, most soldiers have no desire to suppress protesters. Why? Because the crowd includes family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors. With a population of 327 million, the U.S. would need to mobilize about 11.5 million people to assert popular, democratic power on the government.” 3.5% https://bigthink.com/the-present/the-3-5-percent-solution/ HT https://bsky.app/profile/im-mark-aylward.bsky.social/post/3lkcmoxgozc2n