Our Numbers Matter

[Fiendish Thingy]

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Even if Trump replaces the top brass in the military, there will be a not-insignificant number of officers and troops who will refuse to carry out unlawful orders.

Awhile back, somebody did a study that showed that when a certain percentage of the population (IIRC, it was about 3.5%) took to the streets, authoritarian regimes fell from power.

If my math is correct, 3.5% of the current US population is about 11.5 million people.

Our numbers matter.

[Lonestarblue]

1. Yes, but he was in power for decades before he was overthrown. Even four years of Trump will be too much for me.

[kelly1mm]

2. All military members are well trained to refuse to obey unlawful orders no matter who they come from so

There will (should?) be significant pushback if there are unlawful orders issued.

In counter-insurgency training it is taught when 16-18% of a population is actively non-supportive of the central government (not necessarily 'in the streets') the central government becomes highly unstable.

[usonian]

3. It will probably be his own cult that turns on him, like Italian partisans turned on Mussolini.

Keep thinking positive thoughts.



And taking positive actions. I am compiling a list of activist resources, like Wednesdays did for the election.