I have never read better news than this. As the United States slinks into democratic decline and incipient dictatorship, this is something to remember, repeat, to cling to. To act on.
It takes 3.5% of a population to TOPPLE A DICTATORSHIP. Nonviolently.
We don't need pitchforks. We need to care, and to stand up for our concerns - for our fellow people. We need to stop this dictatorship at its beginning, not listen to the myth that "this can't happen to us" and "we are a democracy."
Tools (not weaponry).
Nonviolence.
Commitment.
3.5%.
It makes the job we have as citizens - as decent human beings - seem within our grasp.
(Edited to add an important paraphrase/link: nonviolence can be militant.)
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I hope that those in power also read this statistic.
Their blissful oblivion seems to be holding almost bewilderingly well. It's remarkable, the power of craven greed.
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