From ‪Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister‬ ‪@malcolmnance.bsky.social‬

No democracy movement has ever failed when it was able to mobilize at least 3.5 percent of the population to protest over a sustained period At that scale, most soldiers have no desire to suppress protesters. Why? Because the crowd includes their family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors. With a population of 327 million, the U.S. would need to mobilize about 11.5 million people to assert popular, democratic power on the government. Could that happen?

https://bigthink.com/the-present/the-3-5-percent-solution/