According to a recent study by two political scientists who looked at opposition to autocrats in a large number of countries, when the protests reach 3.5% of the population, that is the tipping point to ending the autocracy.
I know we didn’t reach that in Carbon County, PA. We had about 250, but 3.5% of the population would be about 2100.
One problem is that Jim Thorpe is a tourist town, and parking is very difficult. We would not have had room for even 1% of the population around the Courthouse where the rally took place. We need a bigger venue. (And maybe a food truck and a porta potty.)
The good news is that even with a cold rain, we had more people at the “No Kings” rally than at the “Hands off” rally.
I don’t know how many people we had nation-wide, but given the size of the crowds in some of the bigger cities and given the fact that we had well over 2000 protests, we had to be close to the 3.5%. And we will only grow.
I know one thing for damn sure. The turnout at the Washington parade was abysmal. Trump had to be disappointed. He looked disappointed. And all those tanks. What a loser.
It was a great day for Team Democracy... Over 286 participants and no incidents
ReplyDeleteI read there was a scare at Austin, but the Austin police had everything in hand by the time the demonstration started.
ReplyDeleteIn Western Nevada County, CA (Grass Valley/Nevada City) the No Kings protests was estimated at 3700/4000 by Yubanet (local internet news) - Wow 3.6% of total county population in conservation rural sierra area county
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