YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed
YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.


TIL the 3.5% rule: 3.5% of a national population peacefully protesting on the streets at once will ALWAYS topple a Dictatorship or democratic government. Moreover peaceful movements succeed twice ...