• tburkhol@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    OTOH, there’s this theory among …certain Americans… that you only need 3% in favor to stage a successful revolution. So, Greenland seems ripe for a little CIA drama.

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      19 minutes ago

      Do they actually think you only need 3% support? I thought it was more like 3% active support, and majority passive support (no “sticking their neck out”), which is roughly historically accurate for basically every insurgency (at least in that insurgency’s target communities).

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      24 hours ago

      Sure, plantation and business owners are enough. They have the local money and control people’s incomes. They can fund/extort/exploit to get it done. They have the pineapples/bananas They’re also more likely sociopaths ready to prioritize personal enrichment over social well being

      Does anyone have historical numbers?