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All it takes is 5 million of it them out on the street in protest and Putin's goons will be overwhelmed. They face arrest while Ukrainians face bombs. The whole world is rallying behind Ukraine and the Russian people themselves have the biggest power to stop him.

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5 millions unarmed protesting people can do nothing to dictatorship. You need military to stand against Putin.

Exactly, Belarus did not go well.

If 5 million people march against him, the army will follow

That didn’t happen in Belarus and Hong Kong.

3% of the population rising up is enough to make social change. At some point there is a tipping point where even the army can't stop it.

There is no point where unarmed population can win with military and police. 2 million Hong Kong protesters out of 8 million population didn’t win.

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