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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?
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.