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The opposition protesting here is 1/5 of the population of the country . Its basically all people. Like 1 million protesting in a country of 5 million , is all

The opposition protesting here is 1/5 of the population of the country . Its basically all people. Like 1 million protesting in a country of 5 million , is all voters between 18- 59. Russia is loosing , the rot of oligarchy is dissolving.

ein0p 2y ago
It is impossible for Russia to "lose" in Serbia. The vast majority of Serbs support Russia, and are pissed at their government for not supporting it enough.
- gloosx 2y ago
  It is very possible to juggle around with the opinions of "vast majority" like apples. Vast majority will always support the thing which a delicate minority will push into their throats via media.
- milutinovici 2y ago
  This is pure nonsense. These protests have nothing to do with Russia, and everything to do with corruption
  - ein0p 2y ago
    Did I say otherwise? I think you meant to respond to the OP who implied that Russia is somehow "losing" because of these protests. My Russian wife is telling me that they don't like Vucic either and if he were to vacate the premises no one in Moscow would shed a single tear.
- Kostic 2y ago
  That's a blatant lie. We are protesting because 15 people died in Novi Sad because of corruption, 4 months ago. We want justice.
  - ein0p 2y ago
    That's exactly what I'm saying. These protests aren't what the OP makes them out to be, completely orthogonal to Russia.
observationist 2y ago
Assuming average age distribution between 16 to 60 in the protesters, that leaves about 3 million non protesters in the same age distribution for serbia, with children and elderly making up the remaining population, which is around 6.7 million, give or take. That's 1 out of 4 working age citizens hitting the streets - not all people, but a huge chunk. It's safe to say there are going to be a lot of sympathizers in the non-protesters, a lot of people who wanted to protest but couldn't. There are definitely those who support the government, but I'd wager they're less than 15% of the total population, with the rest in opposition, or at least not in support of the government. The usual tipping point for revolution is lower - if 10-12% hits the streets, it's a strong signal that the movement behind that activity is taking power.
- mariusor 2y ago
  Age distribution is rarely "average", whatever you mean by that. See here a quick googled source for Serbia: https://www.populationpyramid.net/serbia/2022/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/serbia/2022/ According to that graph the cohorts with age less than 15 and more than 69 form only 27.7% of the total. Parent was broadly correct.

ein0p 2y ago

It is impossible for Russia to "lose" in Serbia. The vast majority of Serbs support Russia, and are pissed at their government for not supporting it enough.

gloosx 2y ago
It is very possible to juggle around with the opinions of "vast majority" like apples. Vast majority will always support the thing which a delicate minority will push into their throats via media.
milutinovici 2y ago
This is pure nonsense. These protests have nothing to do with Russia, and everything to do with corruption
- ein0p 2y ago
  Did I say otherwise? I think you meant to respond to the OP who implied that Russia is somehow "losing" because of these protests. My Russian wife is telling me that they don't like Vucic either and if he were to vacate the premises no one in Moscow would shed a single tear.
Kostic 2y ago
That's a blatant lie. We are protesting because 15 people died in Novi Sad because of corruption, 4 months ago. We want justice.
- ein0p 2y ago
  That's exactly what I'm saying. These protests aren't what the OP makes them out to be, completely orthogonal to Russia.

observationist 2y ago

Assuming average age distribution between 16 to 60 in the protesters, that leaves about 3 million non protesters in the same age distribution for serbia, with children and elderly making up the remaining population, which is around 6.7 million, give or take. That's 1 out of 4 working age citizens hitting the streets - not all people, but a huge chunk. It's safe to say there are going to be a lot of sympathizers in the non-protesters, a lot of people who wanted to protest but couldn't. There are definitely those who support the government, but I'd wager they're less than 15% of the total population, with the rest in opposition, or at least not in support of the government. The usual tipping point for revolution is lower - if 10-12% hits the streets, it's a strong signal that the movement behind that activity is taking power.

mariusor 2y ago
Age distribution is rarely "average", whatever you mean by that. See here a quick googled source for Serbia: https://www.populationpyramid.net/serbia/2022/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/serbia/2022/ According to that graph the cohorts with age less than 15 and more than 69 form only 27.7% of the total. Parent was broadly correct.