The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
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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.
  • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
    128·
    3 个月前

    Are you arguing “it’s just a few bad apples” in defense of protests?

    This is awkward.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      52·
      3 个月前

      YES, protesters are freely associating members of the general public, whereas the police are vetted and trained professionals, payed by taxes to “uphold the law”.
      They should be held to a higher standard!

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      32·
      3 个月前

      I assume you’re comparing this to rhetoric around cops. Cops are ideologically and organizationally unified with top down command structure and they protect one another even in cases of wrongdoing or violence.

      Most modern protests are just random people who chose to show up. These are totally different situations.

      • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        Of course they’re totally different. But it’s a funny comparison since the two groups are so related.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 个月前

      What is awkward is how you failed to realize how insanely dumb and context-free your logic is to come to such an assinine conclusion…

      • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        Or how you presume there’s any conclusion or point. Just a silly observation. The two groups, protectors amd cops, are very related. It’s just a silly comparison. I’m not arguing any actual point.

        Sensitive bunch. I’ve literally agreed with ACAB for a long time.