The 3.5% rule -- effectiveness of peaceful protests

[crimycarny]

Did anyone see Rachel Maddow on Stephen Colbert last week, where he asked her if peaceful protests actually worked, and she said "absolutely" and then mentioned the 3.5% rule? I'd never heard of this 3.5% rule before, but it gave me some hope in a sea of hopelessness.

"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

3.5% of 350,000,000 (estimated US population) is 12,250,000.

[gab13by13]

1. Let's do it,

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[BigmanPigman]

2. I'm familiar with that rule.

I use it after I attend a rally to see if the actual number of protesters has it that mark.