36% against ground-troops invasion

[eric dorkin]

You need far less than a third to get stuff done, if
the third is sufficiently active.  I think 10% is the
magic number for corporate governance, though you have
to register with 5% ownership.  Likewise, given that
the "rich" govern the U.S. and everyone acknowledges
that they are less than 10% or so of population
(depending on where you draw the line), what matters
is the weighted strength of a particular group.  So,
for example, if Fidelity starts raising a ruckus and
it owns 10% of the stock, you can bet that things will
change.  

So, if the 57% is complrised mostly of those "less
likely to vote," then the number is less meaningful
than the 36% if it is composed of those "most likely
to vote."

Further, the real opposition to the war need only come
from the elite corporate class and that will put an
end to the discourse. 

 
--- Andrew_Sawtelle at brown.edu wrote:
> > From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> > Date: 2002/08/13 Tue PM 12:36:26 EDT
> > To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > Subject: Re: 36% against ground-troops invasion
> > 
> > Carl Remick wrote:
> > > 
> > > A 57% majority is enough to overwhelm me at
> least.  This particular actually
> > > existing democracy really stinks.
> > 
> > If you actually hope for any change (as opposed to
> merely feeling
> > superior to those fools) you (a) have to respect
> that 57% and (b)
> > realize that 36% passive opposition is plenty if
> one can only recruit
> > around 5%+ ACTIVE opposition.
> > 
> > It will never get any better, so sneering at that
> 57% is tantamount to
> > turning the whole future of the world over to the
> capitalist classes of
> > the leading nations.
> > 
> > Carrol
> 
> Similar to Mike Albert's rule of thirds. If you have
> one third of the population that actively wants
> something, they can convince another third to go
> along with them. After that, what ultimately happens
> depends on the reaction of the final third.
> 
> /andrew 
> 

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