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Our Numbers Matter [View all]
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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.
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