Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

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    So, roughly a little less than 2% of the country protested. Awesome.

    It’s pretty clear after attempt number 3 that the vast majority of Americans either support trump, or just really don’t give a shit about any of this

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    I want to find some reliable numbers, but I think it’s going to take time for this google doc spreadsheet that is collating numbers to have accurate estimates. Especially since it community driven, using news articles that don’t have good data themselves. For example, I’ve seen drone footage of the San Diego march that clearly shows more than the 25k that is being used. SDPD said there were “over 25k in attendance.” Analysis of the video puts the crowd size closer to 35-40k (and that’s just for what was in frame for the video, at the time it was taken).

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    3 hours ago

    I live in an ultra red shithole and even we had an easy 300+ people turn out and line an entire intersection with signs. Shit is looking good.

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      Same. I drove through them and it was great to see. What I was surprised to see was that most everyone was late gen x and boomer age. Very few young people.

      I gave them a thumbs up out my window and they all started hollaring. It was fun, seemed like a great vibe.

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        2 hours ago

        At mine it looked like a mix of boomers/late gen X and older Gen Z, with very few in between.

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      49 minutes ago

      Wow, its crazy seeing my little hometown get recognition. Shout outs to

      P̷̧̱̳̗̫̯̜̒̍̋͂̊̈́̊̉̈́̂̈́̔̐͋͝l̴̰̣̤̣̱̻̱͙̽́͂̾̑̔̎͑͒̊̉̀̐͑̈́̈́͂̚̕̚͠ą̶̥̘̗̭̍̔̔̏̇͌͑͘̕͝͝c̴̡̡̛̝̖̥̹͕̙̘̹̜̭̣̗̮͎͎͇̙̮͓͈̖̖̘̥̎̑̌̊̿͋̃͗͒́͐ͅȅ̵͖̹̹͈̗͎̟̰̮͚̻̺͊͋̕͜ͅv̵̢̧̧̛̯̞̩͖͈̲̙̯̳͎͕͉̬̱̘͈͕̳̦͋̄̄̃̽̓͆͊͑̔͑͑̿̿̐̏̿́͒̍̈͊͛̓̅͌͌͛͘͘͜͝͠ͅi̸̡̧̛̬̣͎̥̖̣̹͖̮̜̲͍̙̪̘̤̫͇̫̳͙̞̳̘̰̬̮̖̠̎͂̀̄̑̎́̊̿͐́̔͂́̀̂͗͂̍̓͋̀̓͆̅̇̌́͐̚̕͝l̸͍̂̒̃̎͊̿́l̵̢̡̢̨̧̛̛͇̞̖̯̩̺̤̪̠̪̙̼̖͎͉͈̼̼͍͓̼̪̹̦̈́́̽̊͗̾̍̀̀̂̂͂̉̀̀̏̈́͌́́̅̏̌̑͘͘̕͜͝ͅe̷̡̡̡̧̛̗̣̯̫̣͍͓̜̩̘̦̟̣͓̘̦̘̳̹̩͓̭̫͔̾̈́̀́̂͆͒̀́͐̓͋̈́̀̈́̾͌̉͆̈́̂̍͑̌̊̚̕͝͝͝ͅͅ,̴̦͓̪̦̼͔̾̋̈̀̀̈́̃͗̒̓̎̊͑͊͌̏̐̕͜͠ ̸̡͔̥̹̞̪͉͍̮̣̫̙̻̠̮̺̝̙͔͖̘̭̙̥̬̥͈̹͇̯͌͒̋̉͒̇̓͆̐̇̀̂̓̓̓͆͗̓͘͝S̴̢̡͔̲͎̮͍̪̙̥̫͓̳̣̙̥̟̟̬̹͚͚̬̠̘͓͙̦̪̪̓͑͌̑͑͛̂̊̔̔̓̀̅́͆͘̕̕͝͠ͅT̶̡̛͖̖͙̺̖̩̫̞̅͌͋͗́͑͋̓̇̍̂̋̽̊͆̀̈̀̆̕̕͝͝

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    4 hours ago

    Worth noting that it’s in spite of threats of violence and getting disappeared. There’s bound to be some people who didn’t attend because of immigration status or worry over job loss.

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      But immigration status makes sense right? I am on Green Card I try to avoid any political demonstration because I don’t vote. I don’t want to lose my visa, my home and be sent to a concentration camp, no everyone is protected by the 1st right now.

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        32 minutes ago

        Yes, exactly my point, the march is suppressed by the authoritarian government. 7 million is a lot when it probably could have been twice that if everyone was able to come out who disagreed with how things are going.

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    I’m not sure who pegged the number for major change at 5%, but the good news is that with the numbers seen yesterday, a rough 1.45%-2.33% of total U.S. population (342,678,000 est. as of Oct. 18) made it out. Great work by the organizers and demonstrators, roughly halfway there.

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    And if I say I’m still not impressed by the turn out I get treated like an enemy.

    We need more people. We need all the people.

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      This is a good protest. It’s a good start. But too many people will go back to work on Monday and wait for another one in a couple months.

      And the fascists will go back to work on Monday kidnapping their neighbours and taking away their rights.

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    5 hours ago

    Big crowd in Tennessee yesterday! I’m floored by how united we are against Trump and the MAGA minority across the country, even in my deep red city. Then idea of any kind of left-of-center gathering happening here 15 years ago would’ve been unthinkable

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      We had a nice crowd in Kansas City as well. If only our fascist governor would let our voices matter too. But it’s nice to see that people are waking up.

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    Our estimate is based on reports from local officials, local organizers, and attendees, and suggests the count from organizers — who report 7 million participants nationwide — may be a bit optimistic (but is not impossible). Still, regardless of whether the precise number is 5, 6, 7, or 8 million, Saturday’s events are very likely the biggest single-day protest event since 1970, surpassing even the 2017 Women’s March demonstrations against Trump.

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    4 hours ago

    On it’s own, it doesn’t matter at all. You can’t protest against those who don’t recognise your humanity. The exact lesson from apartheid here in south Africa. There is no peaceful way to oppose ideologies based on violence.

    • lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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      It mattered enough for the administration to act out, post AI, and create competition stories to have anything else to talk about

      This fascist administration and fake fox news both disagree with you

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      I agree in some ways.

      But there needs to be multiple factions. These protestors are one faction. One piece of movement. Another traditional faction is the politicians. Then there are teachers… Everyone plays their part. Even criminals have a part they can play (honestly it is probably one of the most important seeing as we are dealing with people above the law… It takes one to know one type of mindset).

      The fight needs multiple arms. And it’s up to each individual to play their part outside of these visible productions of display.

      If you know criminals, or players of “the game”, you know they see these protests as nothing but comical and you know they can find a way to utilize them for their own gains too. So you are correct in your view. But I don’t think the protests are worthless if they are attached to the bigger spectrum and other factions of change. We just need to see those other factions have growth too. People can’t put all the eggs into this protest basket.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 hour ago

        “Do Not Split”

        Learned about it from this episode of the Team Human podcast

        But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.

        And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.

        If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.

        It’s not like they have to come out and tell the media, oh, we approve of our more sort of confrontational colleagues. They just keep quiet. They just keep quiet.

        Understanding that a range of tactics is probably going to be necessary. Nobody really knows what’s going to work. But if everybody’s pushing back against a particularly violent state, then everybody’s really on the same side.