minus-squareCtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.workstoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•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 failedlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoHigh participation raises the likelihood that the people in the police, military, national guard, have friends and family on the other side. This makes them less likely to use force and more likely to defect. linkfedilink
minus-squareCtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.workstoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•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 failedlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down5·5 days agoNumbers. linkfedilink
minus-squareCtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.workstoFediverse@lemmy.world•lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this monthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 days agoLemmy needs private servers linkfedilink
minus-squareCtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.workstoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Roommate refuses to use my body wash cause it's not "manly"linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoOk, chief linkfedilink
minus-squareCtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.workstoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Ted Cruz begs Americans stop being so nasty to Elon MusklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·21 days agoThe only way to be more hated is to get Ted Cruz to defend him… linkfedilink
High participation raises the likelihood that the people in the police, military, national guard, have friends and family on the other side. This makes them less likely to use force and more likely to defect.