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To overthrow any government quite peaceful protest 3, 5% of the population
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The strange secret of successful revolyutsii
In January 2011, six young students organized a peaceful protest against the Assad regime in Syria - gathered 100 people. When the police broke up the meeting by means of violence, others from those who were against the regime, decided to respond in kind. This was followed by a long and bloody civil war, still carrying away thousands of lives.
But what if the protest remained peaceful? What if the government simply turn the other cheek? According to recent studies of revolutions, Assad could leave.
It sounds crazy, but it's true. Political analyst Eric Chenoweth checked a lot of stuff and found that non-violent revolutions are successful more often than violent. In particular, the latest data (2002-2006 gg.) Show that the peaceful revolutions were successful in 50% of cases, violence is successful in only 20% of cases.
Chenoweth also data suggest that for the overthrow of any government should be the minimum number of people - only 3, 5% of the citizens have to express a peaceful protest, and the chance of avoiding a tyrant in this case is quite large.
The consequences will extend far beyond the simple ridding the world of a despot: Lecturer at Stanford University Balaji Srinivasan used the same data and concluded that a small collection of like-minded people may eventually create a 'scientific utopia "where will the city and country in the clouds, and other wonderful things.
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In January 2011, six young students organized a peaceful protest against the Assad regime in Syria - gathered 100 people. When the police broke up the meeting by means of violence, others from those who were against the regime, decided to respond in kind. This was followed by a long and bloody civil war, still carrying away thousands of lives.
But what if the protest remained peaceful? What if the government simply turn the other cheek? According to recent studies of revolutions, Assad could leave.
It sounds crazy, but it's true. Political analyst Eric Chenoweth checked a lot of stuff and found that non-violent revolutions are successful more often than violent. In particular, the latest data (2002-2006 gg.) Show that the peaceful revolutions were successful in 50% of cases, violence is successful in only 20% of cases.
Chenoweth also data suggest that for the overthrow of any government should be the minimum number of people - only 3, 5% of the citizens have to express a peaceful protest, and the chance of avoiding a tyrant in this case is quite large.
The consequences will extend far beyond the simple ridding the world of a despot: Lecturer at Stanford University Balaji Srinivasan used the same data and concluded that a small collection of like-minded people may eventually create a 'scientific utopia "where will the city and country in the clouds, and other wonderful things.
via factroom.ru
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