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You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

313 - The 3.5 Percent Rule - Erica Chenoweth

May 12, 2025 · 59m

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If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement that can change the national status quo, you don't need half the country, you only need 3.5 percent of the population to join – but there are some caveats, and Erica Chenoweth whose research led to the discovery of the 3.5 Percent Rule, explains them to us in this episode.