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soldierant

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6. The population of the US is estimated at 342 million people this year.

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 02:54 PM

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3.5% of that figure is 11.97 million.

I bring this up because no authoritarian regime in modern history has survived if 3.5% of its subjects opposed it.

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Illinois, sorry JMCKUSICK Saturday #5

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