- Surveys found White participants made up 52% to 54% of protesters.
- Black individuals made up about 20% to 21% of protesters, which was 1.5 times their share of the U.S. population.
- Hispanic or Latino individuals comprised 7% of protesters.
- Asian or Pacific Islander individuals made up 11% of participants.
- 8% of protesters identified as multiracial.
- 18 to 29: 61% of adults in this age group supported the Black Lives Matter movement.
- 30 to 49: 54% of adults in this age range supported the movement.
- 50 and older: Those 50 and older were underrepresented among protesters.
- Democrats: About eight in ten (79%) of protesters identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic.
- Republicans: Just 17% identified as Republican or Republican-leaning.
- City dwellers: Made up 41% of protest attendees, compared to 28% of the general adult population.
- Suburban residents: Accounted for 42% of participants.
- Rural residents: Represented 17% of attendees.
The "Summer of Love" 2020 was not a specific event, but a reference to the nationwide protests for racial justice and against police brutality, often called the "Summer of Racial Reckoning." An estimated 15 to 26 million people participated in these protests in the U.S. during the early summer of 2020, which was between 5.5% and 9.5% of the US population at the time (based on a 2020 population of roughly 331 million). Revolutions are built on empty bellies. When people are hungry fill them with riots and unrest. You can conquer a nation when people want for food, people will die for the revolution. Karl Marx connected famine to revolution through the Irish Famine, arguing it was a product of class and colonial exploitation that created conditions for a "life-and-death struggle" for the Irish people. He saw the famine as a tool used by the English ruling class to clear the land for profit, which led to starvation, emigration, and the radicalization of the Irish population, creating revolutionary conditions and the potential for a revolt against British rule. This analysis was part of his broader critique of capitalism, which he believed created its own crises and injustices, and that the "land question" in Ireland was inseparable from the social and national question, a sentiment echoed in the Land War and other revolutionary movements. Marx saw the famine conditions as forcing the Irish people into a "life-and-death struggle," leaving them with the choice between "ruin and revolution". The famine's horrors led to the radicalization of generations of Irish people, directly contributing to revolutionary movements like the Fenian upsurge and the Land War, writes Monthly Review. On December 16, 1867, Karl Marx delivered a lecture to the London German Workers’ Educational Society, "Ruin or revolution is the watchword; all the Irish are convinced that if anything is to happen at all it must happen quickly."
The "3.5% rule" suggests that peaceful, sustained protest by a movement representing just 3.5% of a population can compel governments to respond to demands for change. Developed by Harvard professor Erica Chenoweth, this finding is based on research into over 300 successful nonviolent movements and indicates that such a peak level of participation makes it nearly impossible for a government to ignore the movement. For example, in the U.S., this would translate to roughly 12 million people, and while this isn't a guarantee of success, it is a strong predictor, with most successful movements succeeding without crossing this threshold. In fiscal year 2024, approximately 12.3% of the U.S. population, or about 41.7 million people, received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. This figure fluctuates by state and is influenced by economic conditions and demographic factors. Michael Sozan in ''How Peaceful Protest by Just 3.5 Percent of Americans Could Force Major Policy Changes From the Trump Administration", writes, "History shows that when just 3.5 percent of a population—about 12 million Americans—engage in peaceful protest, their demands become nearly impossible to ignore. This is particularly relevant today, as Americans continue to defend due process and health care rights amid a rise in authoritarian policies."
"No Kings" Rally was a dress rehearsal for what Schumer and the Democrats have in store for President Donald Trump and the Republicans. May I remind you of the costs of their last peaceful protest. During the 2020 Summer of Love protests, which followed George Floyd's murder, there were multiple deaths and injuries, but precise numbers are difficult to ascertain and contested. At least 25 people were killed, including protesters, law enforcement officers, and bystanders, though the causes varied widely. Hundreds of law enforcement officers were injured, and tens of thousands of protesters were injured, with a significant number of them by police use of force. There were deaths of law enforcement officers. For example, a federal officer was killed in Oakland, California, and two McAllen police officers in Texas were killed in the line of duty. Over 900 law enforcement officers were injured, with specific numbers reported such as 277 injured while defending the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, and 60 Secret Service officers defending the White House. Many thousands of protesters were injured, including some who were shot with projectile weapons, tear-gassed, or pepper-sprayed. Some sources report that dozens of cities have paid out large settlements to protesters who were injured. The 2020 protests are sometimes linked to an increase in homicides across U.S. cities, though the causes are debated. The high number of injuries to officers contributed to demoralization and fatigue, with reports of officers quitting their jobs in large numbers. Settlements paid out to injured protesters amount to at least $80 million, with some settlements being for millions of dollars for a single individual. The civil unrest led to a significant increase in business insurance costs, particularly for properties in affected areas and for businesses seeking "strikes, riots, and civil commotion" (SRCC) coverage. The total insured property losses from the events were estimated to be between $1 billion and $2 billion, making it the costliest period of civil unrest in US history for the insurance industry. Axios reported that the protests May 26-June 8, 2020 in 20 states across U.S.cost $1-2 billion.
The "mob" has been prepared, as they are and are willing to be Schumer and the Democrats "useful idiots". Schumer has made several statements regarding the "No Kings" rallies, including that they are an "affirmation of what America is all about" and a statement that "we are a democracy. We have no kings," despite some of his political opponents' claims that they are "hate rallies". Schumer encouraged peaceful participation, emphasizing the importance of democratic values and rejecting accusations that the protests are hateful. Divar Guldogan in ''Top US Senate Democrat urges Americans to join 'No Kings' rallies", weites, "US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on Americans to "peacefully" exercise their constitutional right to protest at upcoming "No Kings" rallies and to rally opposition to what he called the Trump administration’s threats to democratic norms. In America, we do not have dictators. And we cannot allow presidents to transform the presidency into some form of dictatorship. And now, more than ever, for that reason, it is vital that Americans from one end of the country to the other stand up for our basic freedoms, because Donald Trump is eroding our democracy day by day by day," Schumer said on the Senate floor." "Useful idiot" is a derogatory political term for a naive supporter of a cause who is unknowingly manipulated by its leaders or other political players. The term gained prominence during the Cold War, where it was used by the West to describe those susceptible tor communist propaganda. They say Democrats are not susceptible to communist propaganda. I give you Zohran Mamdani.
There is a psychosis to being a democrat. Psychosis is a mental health condition characterized by a loss of contact with reality, leading to distorted perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors. The exact cause is related to these factors:
- Genetics
- Brain chemistry imbalances
- Environmental factors (e.g., trauma, stress)
- Substance abuse
- Medical conditions (e.g., brain tumors, infections)
I believe that announcing you are a democrat lends credence that you may be suffering from a psychosis. A psychosis that opens one to radicalization. National Institute of Health (NLH) says Ken, you might be on to something. NIH, in "Is There a Relationship between Psychotic Disorders and the Radicalization Process? A Systematic Review", says. "The lack of uniform psychiatric diagnostic tools and radicalization assessment highlights the need for more standardized risk assessment tools and validated scales in psychiatric diagnosis to better understand the relationship between radicalization and psychotic disorders and to develop integrated protocols." The Human Rights Watch produced "A SHORT GUIDE TO POLITICAL PSYCHOSIS". In it they refer to Article 90 of the [1979] Criminal Law of the People;s Republic of China:
"All acts carried out with the aim of overthrowing the political power of the dictatorship of the proletariat and the socialist system, and which endanger the People's Republic of China, are crimes of counterrevolution." Under the dominant influence of pathological thinking and other symptoms of psychological disease, mentally ill people may engage in behavior that sabotages the proletarian dictatorship and the socialist state. In terms of form and consequence, these acts constitute crimes of counterrevolution. The most commonly encountered pathological states involving counterrevolutionary behavior by the mentally ill are delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution.
A mentally ill person suffering from delusions of grandeur, for example, may think that he is the "head of the Central Committee" or a "leading political figure" [lingxiu renwu], and may formulate "guidelines" and "policies" as a replacement for existing policies, laws or decrees that he thinks are unreasonable. In one case, a mentally ill person proclaimed himself as a "peasant revolutionary leader" and called for a new political party to be set up in order to carry out a second revolution, and he openly drew up a manifesto and handed out leaflets.
People suffering from delusions of persecution with a certain specific content, for example those who deludedly [sic] harbor feelings of suspicion towards the Party organization, government departments and certain leading officials, may adopt all kinds of retaliatory measures against them, thereby occasioning counterrevolutionary behavior. Still other kinds of mentally ill people, those suffering from disorders of thought and logic, try to interpret and understand the present political situation [in China] from the standpoint of pure theory. A mentally ill person, for example, owing to his divorcement from reality, applied the former political orthodoxy to China's present-day context: the patient insisted that the Cultural Revolution had been entirely necessary and extremely timely, and he even went around publicly arguing his case with others. In addition, people with pathological personality disorders may also engage in various kinds of counterrevolutionary behavior."
Delusional is what the revolutionaries fear. A delusion is a fixed, false belief that is not based on reality and is resistant to evidence to the contrary. Unlike a hallucination, which is a sensory experience like seeing or hearing things that aren't there, a delusion is a strongly held belief that someone has even when presented with proof that it is false. Delusions are not based on cultural beliefs and can range from plausible (like being followed) to bizarre (like having one's thoughts controlled by aliens). Types of delusions
- Persecutory/paranoid: The belief that one is being harmed, harassed, or conspired against by others.
- Grandiose: The belief that one has exceptional talent, power, or wealth.
- Erotomanic: The belief that another person, often of higher status, is in love with you.
- Jealous: The belief that a spouse or partner is unfaithful without any evidence.
- Somatic: The belief that there is something wrong with one's body or health.
- Bizarre: Beliefs that are physically impossible, such as aliens having removed an organ.
- Induced (Folie à deux): A delusion that is shared with another person in a close relationship.
I believe that Schumer and the Democrats are delusional. It is an induced one. Schumer and the Democrats have a grandiose idea that they can make Trump and the Republicans give into their $1.5 trillion demand to reopen the federal government or else. To a Congress where they are in the minority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Really?! That is really bizarre! Republican lawmakers are referring to a Democratic counterproposal to fund the government (during an ongoing shutdown in October 2025) as a "$1.5 trillion spending spree" or "partisan demands". This amount is for new, additional spending on various items, including permanently extending enhanced healthcare subsidies and other social programs, which Republicans characterize as "fringe leftist priorities" Schumer and the Democrats have a persecutory, paranoid delusion on Trump and the Republicans. In '"Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Condemning Donald Trump And Congressional Republicans For Inflicting An Unprecedented Healthcare And Hunger Crisis On Millions Of Americans, Senate Democrats report: "This weekend, Americans face a healthcare crisis unprecedented in modern times. Open enrollment begins in just two days. And Republicans have spent this entire shutdown with their heads in the sand – a shutdown they are causing because they would not negotiate with Democrats."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employs specialized negotiation strategies for hostage situations involving individuals with psychosis, which is a common occurrence in approximately 52% of all hostage incidents. Key tactics focus on de-escalation, building rapport, and managing the unique challenges presented by a psychotic state, such as delusions and hallucinations. We will need Director Kash Patel to negotiate with the delusional Schumer and the Democrats.
Let America go, Schumer and the Democrats.
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