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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)

From a quick google search, USA population is ~341,784,857 as of July 1, 2025. 8M +-15% margin of error gives like ~2% of the population.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    I dunno. It feels like copium/ hopium to me.

    I mean it's great and all that people are protesting and getting organized but I don't feel like it matters much if it just lasts for 1 day every 3-4 months as it doesn't disrupt anything when people are just chanting boos.

    It feels like the recent protests are more of a symbolic ritual / public vent and that for this protest to be successful, there has to be a main body organizing it (like the black panthers or martin Luther king in the 1900s).

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    and as much as I don't like to say this, like the estimates of numbers those who attended Pride parades in Toronto past, I think the 8 (wasn't it 9?) million figure is exaggerated.

    OTOH, spring equinox happened 10 days ago, and unless Trump does something good in the Middle East, I presume protests will repeat and get larger.

    (OTOH, there were protests in Minnesota in winter.)

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