This rule didn't hold in Israel in the last 3 years. Well over 3.5% went to the streets and the government remains in tact.
I am so tired of middle east protests ( on both sides) in my city i'd be happy if every protester was destroyed and traffic returned to normal.
Their actions don't influence any behaviour from australia, especially the locations where they protest.
I feel we should ban social media and phones, it is a mistake. People stop caring about the things that happens near them.
Annoy the decision makers, if you're annoying the general public, your cause will be discredited.
I have protest fatigue, i am tired of all the shit involved and just want them to go away.
It did (ie. Revolutionary thresholds) until 10/7 and Hezbollah's shelling of the north changed the calculus.
There was increased pressure from senior IDF careerists, industry titans, and intelligence alums (oftentimes the 3 were the same) against the government's judicial reforms which was about to reach the tip over point (eg. threats of capital outflows, leaking dirty laundry, corporate shutdowns/wildcat strikes, and resignations of extremely senior careerists), but then 10/7 happened along with the mass evacuation of the North, which led everyone to set aside their differences.
Israel is a small country (same population and size as the Bay Area) so everyone either knows someone or was personally affected by the southern massacre or the northern evacuation.
It's because I called 10/7 a massacre, which it was.
> the judicial reform did not pass as proposed.
Yep. Exactly.
Essentially the statement is 3.5% succeed unless there's meaningful opposition.
In political parties there are always these members that vote with the leadership. You usually need way more than 50% support among members to go against them. Dunno how much. In the long term to share is probably closer to 60% but in the short term it might be like 90%. (Made up numbers)