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More than 1,200 rallies worldwide protest Trump and Musk (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Protesters numbers always seem very small to me, compared to european protest (like, over 150k in berlin alone against the "remigration"-bs earlier this year).

Any ideas why?

Population density explains it for rural areas, but the US has plenty giant cities... is it because differences in protest culture? ... car-centered cities? ...less organized civil society?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

As an American, I'd say yes to all three. Additionally, even for those urban areas, most of the population is in the suburbs, not the city proper. That just makes the car-centric cities that much more of a hassle to get to.

And I wouldn't say the protests were small in all locations. Here in MN, there was a massive gathering at the state capitol - https://youtu.be/Osmn-HPFwG0

And even some of the smaller cities had protests:

It’s not just major cities. Hundreds appear to have shown up to protest in cities like St. Augustine, Florida, which the US Census Bureau estimates has less than 16,000 people, and Riverhead, New York, where only about 36,000 people live. Cars honked in apparent support of a protest in Manhattan, Kansas (under 54,000 residents)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Also, it is possible that news outlets are vastly downplaying numbers. 1 article i read stated "thousands across the country" then mentioned 1 specific rally with 100,000 gathered. And estimates for St. Paul where I was are vastly different; we heard state troopers put it closer 25,000 with some news stating 10,000.