• KumaSudosa@feddit.dk
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    20 hours ago

    But that perspective matters a whole f** lot. Talking about a percentual mobilisation of people is quite relevant, you know, even if it’s harder to organise a protest in a territory as vast as USA.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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      19 hours ago

      stop being an idiot.

      per capita matters when you’re dealing with inequalities or averages across a nation.

      protests are measured by participants or volume. this is because the whole point of a protest is to convey a message by display of force.

      you think someone will look at a protest and go, “looks like 1% of the population of the nation is here.”

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        18 hours ago

        Yeah people within a country will talk raw numbers, but it’s a fucking stupid way to compare mobilisation between countries. 100000 in the Scottish media looks a lot more impressive than 5m on an American news station. At this point I’m not sure wether your trolling or huffing solvents.

        • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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          18 hours ago

          so now we’re talking about volume over mobilization.

          so 5 million over 2100 cities isn’t impressive enough?

          keep moving those goal posts troll.

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        19 hours ago

        You stop being a fucking moron. Of course it’s a valid measure of public opinion and engagement. The point is to display force relative to the size of the entity being protested. Take the Serbian or Georgian protests. A whole lot more impressive. If you can’t see that no one can help you.

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          16 hours ago

          just an update for you since it’s so important that you’re goal posts are moved. multiple sources claim hundreds of protestors showed up in Edinburgh. I’ll (generously) top it out at 1000 protestors nationwide.

          Scotland

          • population 5,500,000
          • trump golf protest 1000
          • per capita 0.00018

          in comparison to the US.

          • population 347,411,739
          • no kings 5,000,000
          • per capita 0.014

          but hey, it’s not a competition.

          • KumaSudosa@feddit.dk
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            12 hours ago

            When did I say otherwise? Of course you’re not gonna get mass protests in Scotland because a corrupted American rapist goes there surroundes by cops.

            • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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              11 hours ago

              You stop being a fucking moron. Of course it’s a valid measure of public opinion and engagement. The point is to display force relative to the size of the entity being protested. Take the Serbian or Georgian protests. A whole lot more impressive. If you can’t see that no one can help you.

              are you even trying? you’re just moving those goal posts now. they’re halfway across the parking lot now.

              I don’t know what I expected out of you. I guess silence would have been nice. I don’t even expect a “you were right”. I mean it’d be nice, but I know your ego and pride won’t allow that to happen.

              I guess just go crawl back under your bridge and block me?

              either way, get wrecked dude.

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                11 hours ago

                How the fuck is that lying? I’m simply correctly claiming that it’s relevant to consider the size of a protest relative to the society or area where it takes place. If you’re too pea-brained to realise that no one can truly help you. Dunning-Kruger ass moron.

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          19 hours ago

          what’s more impressive for a protest:

          1. 100% of a national population
          2. 5 million from a national population

          Jesus the next thing you’re going to tell me is that a pound of feathers is less than a pound of gold.