At 66 I'm more the vanguard of GenX, but the Bommer protests is what I grew up seeing as a normal course of affairs, and I know peaceful protest works. I'm not flush and don't get around as well either, but I spend a lot of time encouraging those younger than us about how this actually works. I hate that I'm more useful for cheerleading …
At 66 I'm more the vanguard of GenX, but the Bommer protests is what I grew up seeing as a normal course of affairs, and I know peaceful protest works. I'm not flush and don't get around as well either, but I spend a lot of time encouraging those younger than us about how this actually works. I hate that I'm more useful for cheerleading than playing the game, but it has to be done. The difference I see now is that during Nam most of the protests were done by the younger generation who didn't want to die in a pointless war, or POC demanding they be treated equally. Now the protests are attended by every generation that is mobile enough to be there. It only takes 3.5% of a population to make change, and we'll get there very soon, I think. It's a matter of time and keeping up the effort.
At 66 I'm more the vanguard of GenX, but the Bommer protests is what I grew up seeing as a normal course of affairs, and I know peaceful protest works. I'm not flush and don't get around as well either, but I spend a lot of time encouraging those younger than us about how this actually works. I hate that I'm more useful for cheerleading than playing the game, but it has to be done. The difference I see now is that during Nam most of the protests were done by the younger generation who didn't want to die in a pointless war, or POC demanding they be treated equally. Now the protests are attended by every generation that is mobile enough to be there. It only takes 3.5% of a population to make change, and we'll get there very soon, I think. It's a matter of time and keeping up the effort.
I completely agree with all your observations.
But how did you come up with the 3.5% figure?
Curious.
Me too.
Look up the 3.5% rule
Okay I will do it.
But please give me some search terms to use.
I can't just google "The 3.5% rule"
I need something more, thank you.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=3.5%25+rule&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Mandy thank you SO MUCH! ❤️
I had never heard of it before.
A Harvard researcher researched civil protest and found if 3.5% of the citizens "peacefully" protested they succeeded in their goals 53% of the time.
Thanks Mandy
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
So let's make it 7% citizen protests and really clean house.
It's called the 3.5% rule. You don't need more.
The more the better. (NO one is merry at this point)
Oh, absolutely! That was just the response for what you need to search for what the 3.5% rule is. Let's aim for historic numbers.