The Women’s March had 500,000 in DC, 750,000 in LA, 400,000 in NYC, etc. with many other cities. My point is that Lviv to Kyiv is a 6-hour drive. LA to DC is 40 hours, nearly 7 times that distance.
The reason the Soviet Union collapsed was because of a nearly bankrupt Soviet government relaxing its grip under immense international political pressure. That’s not true for the US currently. I don’t mean to diminish it, but ousting this government will take more than linking hands.
But at the same time there also were unqiue challenges in the Baltics, Ukraine and other countries occupied by the russians. Protesting against the soviet union was a very high risk activity and protesters were killed during the subsequent acceleration of demands for freedom and self determination. The USSR was likely capable of putting down the demonstrations, but thankfully luck was on our side and it helped that the USSR was seen by most as having reached a dead end.
All protests against authoritarian thuggish regime carry challenges. I personally think if the scale of protests in the US reaches a sufficient size and intensity (which is unfortunately a big if), you can overcome the challenges with size.
The Women’s March had 500,000 in DC, 750,000 in LA, 400,000 in NYC, etc. with many other cities. My point is that Lviv to Kyiv is a 6-hour drive. LA to DC is 40 hours, nearly 7 times that distance.
The reason the Soviet Union collapsed was because of a nearly bankrupt Soviet government relaxing its grip under immense international political pressure. That’s not true for the US currently. I don’t mean to diminish it, but ousting this government will take more than linking hands.
That’s fair, it’s not a one to one comparison.
But at the same time there also were unqiue challenges in the Baltics, Ukraine and other countries occupied by the russians. Protesting against the soviet union was a very high risk activity and protesters were killed during the subsequent acceleration of demands for freedom and self determination. The USSR was likely capable of putting down the demonstrations, but thankfully luck was on our side and it helped that the USSR was seen by most as having reached a dead end.
All protests against authoritarian thuggish regime carry challenges. I personally think if the scale of protests in the US reaches a sufficient size and intensity (which is unfortunately a big if), you can overcome the challenges with size.