Our Best Chance to Save Democracy w/ Heather Cox Richardson
We, the People,
Against a Small # of People
Who Are Trying to Destroy America
Even if protests don’t hit 3.5%, the resistance can topple Trump
“most mass nonviolent movements that have succeeded have done so even without achieving 3.5% popular participation.” Certainly, turning out 3.5%—or 11.9 million Americans—would be a tremendous achievement in the effort to overcome MAGA authoritarian rule, but over 60% of movements that turned out 1% to 3.5% succeeded.
In the 2021 book, “Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know,” Chenoweth identifies four factors that successful movements share: mass participation that draws from “all walks of life”; shifts in “the loyalties of the regime’s supporters”; tactics other than demonstrations; and discipline/resilience in “the face of repression.”
The lesson from the first eight months of a corrupt, lawless, erratic, and dangerous federal regime is that the resistance must turn out in the largest numbers it can, demonstrate resilience in as many ways as it can, and show vibrancy in all the places it can. Collectively, Americans and state and local leaders must sustain democracy wherever they can until the nation as a whole dumps the incompetent, vicious, and autocratic MAGA regime.
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