3.5% of a Group Can Bring the Group Down, Turn It Around, or Take It Over.

I saw it happen in the Episcopal Church. It was a tiny, tiny minority of 'progressive' activists and 'synodality' that set it on the path to destruction.

From Fr Z's Blog

3.5%

3.5% of a group can bring the group down, turn it around, or take it over.  Alinsky knew this.  Demographers know this.  At 3%, groups gain significant influence.

Read HERE.

I was struck by something in the decree in the Diocese of Arlington.

They said openly that only 2.8% of Mass going Catholics go to the Vetus Ordo.

That got me thinking.

First, I wonder if that is true.  They had/have the Vetus Ordo in 21 places, slashed to 8.   Only 2.8?   I’ll bet it is more.  But they are somnambulant, not in the sense that they do nothing, but in the sense that they, like most conservatives, go about their lives, trying to live well, and just want to be left alone.  Hobbits.  Nothing wrong with Hobbits!  They are so wonderful the Rangers die for them.

However, even Hobbit have to rise up.

I have been ranting for DECADES about how those who desire the traditional Catholic sacred worship have to step up and be recognized!  They have to involved in the parish, not just drift in for Sunday.  They have to be the first to get into the food drive or baby clothes collection.  The FIRST.  Not because we want to be seen, but because it is the right thing to do.  If there is the secondary effect of being seen, great!  Mostly, it builds unit cohesion, without which … we perish.

The American Revolution was fueled by 3%.  The revolution in Georgia, 3.5%

I am sure there are people better versed in this than I, but this seems to be a real thing.

And if it is real before TC was issued, it is real now.

Am I wrong?