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According to the Alt National Park Service Facebook page, estimates for today’s Hands Off protests surpass 5 million!!


Originally Posted By u/Ohuigin At 2025-04-05 09:24:04 PM | Source


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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay this is great but to be clear: 3.5% of the population engaged consistently and effectively have never failed to create change. Even if next time thrice this number turns out (which would be a little under 4.5% of Americans) that alone wouldn't cause change unless they engage in effective resistance (for example a protest with no end date). These numbers do, however, mean the resistance can move to the next step of real, sustained action.

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

There weren’t any campaigns that had failed after they had achieved 3.5% participation during a peak event

Let's shoot for 3.5% and then see what else to shoot for next.