No democracy movement has ever failed when it was able to mobilize at least 3.5% of the population to protest over a sustained period.
At that scale, most soldiers have no desire to suppress protesters. Why? Because the crowd includes their family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors.
With a population of 334.9 million, the U.S. would need to mobilize about 11.7 million people to assert popular, democratic power on the government. It can -- and must -- be done.
