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It only takes 3,5 % of people to overthrow a dictator

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35...

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/978...

Trump cutting the military and changing sides + reducing pensions for people should be enough by rough calculations ( 1 million active and 3,5 million active in 1968 ) is more than 3,5%.

I don't know how the mood currently is in the US though, but I would think most people find it insane.



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