Preserving Democratic Institutions? Well, I'd like to Help But....
At some point, if our democratic republic is to be viable at this moment in the United States in 2025, more of us will have to sincerely demonstrate just why the idea of democracy needs to be preserved and is in fact worth strengthening.
I’m not sure this is the case at the moment in the United States, because too many of us, it seems to me, do not believe we have a democracy nor understand what democracy means in concrete terms. Ideally we will not find out after any semblance of a democratic state vanishes.
Neo-Nazi rally in Kansas City yesterday, May 24
Sure many of us glibly talk about freedom, independence and choice but what do we actually mean when we utter these words. Do we know just what “democracy” entails? Do we think, down deep, that it really pertains to only a certain few of us?
U.S. citizen detained by immigration officials who dismissed his REAL ID as fake
The 3.5% Rule
There are a number of studies that have demonstrated nonviolence protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts, and the tipping point is approximately 3.5 percent of the population actively engaged in some form of protest movements. In the U.S. this would represent around 12 million Americans, out of a total population of some 340 million. Of course it is doable.
SEE, Trump fears protest power
SEE, It takes 3.5% of the population to change the world
SEE, 3.5% and the hopeful math for saving democracy
SEE, Regarding the 3.5 percent rule
Making It Happen Everywhere
If you are in and around Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday May 31, then there is an opportunity for you to become part of the 3.5%.
BOOTS ON THE GROUND: From 1-4 pm, Second Presbyterian Church in Brookside, 318 E. 55th St., KCMO
50 plus nonprofits in KC Metro that are looking for volunteers
Advocacy workshops, resource table, meet with local non-profits that are looking for volunteers
Workshops will include, Know Your Rights; Legal Observer Training; Saving Our Social Security; How to Be a Resilient Activist and more
To be successful across the country this has to be replicated everywhere, in both urban and rural areas. Know why it is worthwhile?