313 - The 3.5 Percent Rule - Erica Chenoweth - You Are Not So Smart

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.<a href="https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/">Previous Episodes</a><a href="https://www.ericachenoweth.com">Erica Chenoweth's Website</a><a href="https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Why-Civil-Resistance-Works-Article.pdf">Why Civil Resistance Works (the paper)</a><a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820/">Why Civil Resistance Works (the book)</a><a href="https://tedxboulder.com/speakers/erica-chenoweth">The TED Talk</a><a href="https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/qa-erica-chenoweth">The Q&A</a><a href="http...