… democracies that were crumbling, that were being challenged by an elected leader who essentially wanted to stay in power forever. And what they found, what the study found, is that There's kind of a magic number of citizens that once they hit the street, end up just putting the sand in the gears of that descent away from the democracy. The number is sort of 2, 3% of the people. I think on October 18th, we're going to maybe see record numbers of people all around this country standing up and speaking out. (43:03–43:19)
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Asserts that 2-3% of citizens protesting can significantly impact democratic decline.
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