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  • It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance | Erica Chenoweth

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  • i think these statistics are being interpreted in a particular way that hand-waves away the 96.5 percent's reaction to that 3.5 percent. and it 'may only' take.. 3.5 percent. what if tyranny is in the hands of another 3.5 percent? these hard data might just empower the ruling class for all we know, but in their case they have all the resources and broad control of our interactions through the various channels they own.

  • It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance | Erica Chenoweth

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  • the problem with rhetoric like this- it forgets that they (tyrants/dictators) continue to find power.. you set yourself up for even greater despondancy when you start to believe: IT SHOULD BE SO EASY, but it just isn't.

    mind you, 3.5 percent of a population is no small feat-- but another message you can falsely intuit in the vapors of this claim: oh well, no big deal then, we can afford to wait until things start to REALLY get bad...

    real political change is a long hard road and this sentiment gives people an out- its not a stretch to imagin someone reading this and coming to the conclusion that they can afford to sit on the sideline and let the magic 3.5 percent come and save them...

  • How do I stop laughing at stupid shit all the time

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  • write it down and read it the next day- usually works for me, hope this helps!

  • why do most people on deviantart act the same?

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  • the images didn't load before-- in any case, tugging heartstrings and showing vulnerability are endearing for a certain audience.

  • Social media erupts over Miami man who shot Israelis mistaken for Palestinians

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  • that means i've reached my biannual quota of hilarious comments-- and so soon into 2025, see you in 2027 lemmy! 👋 (me realizing biannual is twice a year.. its too late)

  • why do most people on deviantart act the same?

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  • well probably because you're looking at pages of fans of kids shows. now, i'm not saying they're all children, but.. i mean...

  • Social media erupts over Miami man who shot Israelis mistaken for Palestinians

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  • my guy looks a little like mona lisa with similar ambiguity of expression. no matter where you stand in the room, he thinks you're palestinian.

  • The Generative AI Con.

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  • author complains about having to repeat himself in his ranting over and over again, 2/10

    read this if you like angry people yelling at you.... tons of bold, italics, underlines, and even the occasional ALL CAPS

    my favorite part: 1. Shut the fuck up!

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  • Have you seen the prices for oats these days!?

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  • i wrote my piece and was dismissed, you think this is a clever trick

  • The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice

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  • spoken like a true democrat.. you lot love to blame the voters for the party's bad policy. (unless i am misreading you-- you're criticizing people who hold genocide to be a red-line?)

  • The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice

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  • it is the framing of the article that set me off because it is so typically one-sided. "The United States is imploding. The reign of Donald Trump is...."

    as though the democrats weren't funding genocide in gaza and spending hundreds of billions on nato expansion and the predictable (essentially promised) war that ensued.

  • The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice

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  • did the democratic party lose twice to trump?

  • The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice

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  • good old lefty progressivism reduced to: "look at what trump is doing!"

    if you're truly progressive or left, you have as much ire for the democratic party-- if not more.

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    i hate when bigoted people think it has something to do with appearance, etc.

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  • "i pretended to be a straight christian cis woman"

    you see, a person can say this and i'll think: i literally don't trust anything this person says after this point.

  • Prescient post from a decade ago

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  • wait til you read marx

  • why do people say annoying/rude stuff and then tell you “it was a joke!”

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  • there are so many ways to approach this but i like to see it as decency being reduced to a mask people wear- their true selves come out every now and then. you can subsequently ask what are the conditions for these outbursts? general malaise, exhaustion, pressure, and all the myriad things our moods are vulnerable to.

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  • you seem not to understand that the reason zelensky is turning down the deal is in part BECAUSE of the lack of security guarantees... can't even keep the narrative straight in your head

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  • go on and explain why.