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      20 hours ago

      For context:

      5% of the Italian population protested the Iraq war.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests

      Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometres (430 mi) across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which at the time were occupied and annexed by the USSR and had a combined population of approximately eight million.[2]

      That’s 25% of the population.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way

      3.3% of the Phillipines population protested in 1986 whilst under a dictatorship.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution

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      37.5% of the US population watched the Super Bowl in 2025 but less than 2% protested a fascist takeover of the country. Shows your priorities. The downvotes also really tell that your feels are hurt more than caring about the reals of the situation.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_television_ratings

      Edit 2: 200k just marched in The Netherlands against genocide. That’s 1.09% of their population marching for an issue that doesn’t even personally affect them, because they have principles. But y’all can’t even get double that for an issue that will personally effect the rest of your lives. Shame.

      https://lemmy.world/post/31485267

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        Donald loves the poorly uneducated. Funny how they’re against LGBT, but wouldn’t mind licking his asshole or suck his dick.

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          Was No Kings truly a one day protest when there’s been anti-Trump protests dotted around for weeks? It’s one part of a larger group of protests.

          All of the numbers I took were for one day turnouts. They’re comparable.

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          4 years of the alarm ringing, a 4 year snooze, and then 6 months of the alarm ringing again is an awfully long time to take to wake up. All whilst living in the “richest” country in the world, with the freedom to carry guns, and say what you want. That’s… Even more pathetic than I first thought.

          Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos of thousands, millions, of people marching, but you can do better.

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          Then you’ve not engaged your brain.

          How easy was communication in 1986 compared to now?

          How easy was mobilisation, in an island nation, under a dictatorship?

          Americans still have most of their freedoms, use them before you lose them.