The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts โ and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
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After attending three peaceful demonstrations in the past few weeks, I have been asked, & have asked myself, what good does it do?
The following article gives me hope.
On 4/5 over 6 mil showed up. 3.5% would be 12 mil. We're halfway there! Keep it up friends!
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