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Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
(www.theguardian.com)
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I wonder what the total was and if we made it to 3.5 %
One group's estimate is least 11 million, which is at the 3.5% figure and they are still counting! Been rising hourly by millions as they continue to count the thousands of protest locations
The 3.5% is not necessarily the full iron clad guarantee it's touted as, but the high turnout is encouraging. Keep the pressure up!
Also, 3.5% was based on ongoing civil resistance campaigns with clear goals... so I don't know that participation in a singular rally applies.
Get 11 million people to participate in actively disrupting ICE activities or striking then you are cooking. But it's a start.
11 million civilians would overwhelm even the best guarded places on earth, let alone an ice raid.
Edit: to prove that point, 11 million people suddenly joining the Ukrainian army would overwhelm the entire front and could easily push them back to 2014 borders. And this is true regardless of logistics, which would become an issue later, but a surge of 11 million people would push so hard and so fast that even with a minimum loadout and just infantry, not including drones and logistics, just 11 million semi-trained people with small arms, and 7 magazines (standard us load) would so quickly overwhelm the Russians that any logistics (other than food and housing) would be mostly inconsequential. It would be THAT big and overwhelming... D-Day was ~160k.
And now I realize you might mean spread out over the country lol. 11 million people in an uproar in one city would be absolutely devastating.
Haha sure I meant across the country though, not in one place.
No, this is the best use of 11 million people, it was perfect, beautiful and intimidatingly encompassing in the way only love can be.
Get that number of people involved in a general strike that lasts a week or more and things will change in this country.