Technically there are no examples of a civic movement successfully engaging 3.5% of the population and failing, but there are examples of movements engaging less than 3.5% of the population and succeeding. The 3.5% rule is a sufficient rather than necessary condition. I’d say that rather than numbers what’s necessary now is to turn the numbers that already exist into real widespread action.
Hundreds of thousands, if not more
I heard 2.3 million across all the protests.
That’s still quite a bit short of the nearly 12 million 3.5% threshold that correlates with success.
Technically there are no examples of a civic movement successfully engaging 3.5% of the population and failing, but there are examples of movements engaging less than 3.5% of the population and succeeding. The 3.5% rule is a sufficient rather than necessary condition. I’d say that rather than numbers what’s necessary now is to turn the numbers that already exist into real widespread action.
Yes, millions! Press on!