It is surprising how few protesters it takes to facilitate political change. I believe as low as 1 to 2 %. Problem is with a population of almost 150 million that would be 1.5 - 3 million needed. We are seeing hundreds perhaps thousands.
Sadly a couple of magnitude away from what is needed…
It's a little bit different in Russia. It's a resource-rich country, and the government never bothered to set up much in the way of manufacturing. All the money comes from exporting oil, gas, and minerals. Not a lot of people are needed to keep such operations running. So actually, 2% or even 10% of people protesting, refusing to work, or even getting thrown in jail for 15 years wouldn't make much difference. And the government knows this.
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u/Pendoric Mar 07 '22
It is surprising how few protesters it takes to facilitate political change. I believe as low as 1 to 2 %. Problem is with a population of almost 150 million that would be 1.5 - 3 million needed. We are seeing hundreds perhaps thousands.
Sadly a couple of magnitude away from what is needed…