In 2009, a former member of a radical left student organization from the 1960s (i.e., the SDS) repackaged communist vanguardism into a patriot vanguardism designed to appeal to the far-right ideology of the American militia movement. Instead of building class consciousness, these III Percenters would challenge the growing power of the federal government, and build a consciousness that the federal government needs to return to a more limited form (e.g., the original Constitution). Like radical movements during the counter-cultural 1960s, III Percenters choose direct action to forward their agenda, typically by showing up carrying firearms in situations where police authorities are in conflict with local residents.
The origins of 3% are not clear. Colonists fighting in the American Revolutions were less than 1% of the population, just as less than 1% of the population are veterans today. Support for the American Revoltution was somewhere between 40-45%. Since the 1950s, outlaw biker gangs have claimed they are "one percenters" and "five percenters" are an offshoot of the black nationalist Nation of Islam. It seems likely that 3% simply splits the difference, and linking it to the American Revolution makes it unnecessary to talk about the communist history of vanguardism and where these repackaged ideas came from.
The origins of 3% are not clear. Colonists fighting in the American Revolutions were less than 1% of the population, just as less than 1% of the population are veterans today. Support for the American Revoltution was somewhere between 40-45%. Since the 1950s, outlaw biker gangs have claimed they are "one percenters" and "five percenters" are an offshoot of the black nationalist Nation of Islam. It seems likely that 3% simply splits the difference, and linking it to the American Revolution makes it unnecessary to talk about the communist history of vanguardism and where these repackaged ideas came from.
by cafebedouin April 21, 2016
Get the three percenters mug.Karl is ninety-percent water, ten-percent vinegar. As a matter of fact, he is the biggest douche I know.
by Blenderhead91 March 31, 2009
Get the Ninety-percent water, ten-percent vinegar mug.Related Words
A doctrine which emerged in 1960s as an offshoot of the Nation of Islam. The belief is that mankind began about one million years ago in the Mideast (Black people are today refered to as "Asiatic Black Man.") The doctrine holds that 85% of the people are presumed to be chumps, spending their life deluded and ripped off. 10% do the ripping off, are in the scams of entertainment, sports, politics, religion, business, etc., and live as fat cats but in sin. Only 5% have the knowledge and moral standing to be the world’s teachers. Non-black people are not excluded from the ranks of the potential righteous and the doctrine holds that one's works and life are more important than skin color.
The doctrine has lately undergone a vigorous ressurgence thanks in large part to hip-hop artists, particularly Busta Rhymes, Wu-Tang, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane. The movement now refers to itself as the “Nation of Gods and Earths.”
Despite trappings, the movement has only the most tenuous links to Islam. Most importantly, adherrants believe in several gods, that the words of prophets have been distorted beyond recognition and that the Five Percent are in themselves, Gods or at least the Gods' agents.
The doctrine has lately undergone a vigorous ressurgence thanks in large part to hip-hop artists, particularly Busta Rhymes, Wu-Tang, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane. The movement now refers to itself as the “Nation of Gods and Earths.”
Despite trappings, the movement has only the most tenuous links to Islam. Most importantly, adherrants believe in several gods, that the words of prophets have been distorted beyond recognition and that the Five Percent are in themselves, Gods or at least the Gods' agents.
by Bill Peters October 8, 2006
Get the five percent mug.Amount per hundred. A concept which many people are somewhat naive about. Often abbreviated as "%" (the percent sign).
I've read that people will often treat a 0.1 percent chance as less than a 1-in-1000 chance, even though they are exactly the same amount. *shrug*
by Aaron of Minneapolis November 16, 2007
Get the percent mug.by Ben Dreidel August 20, 2008
Get the Ten Percent Rule mug.A Useful Idiot/Elitist Worshiper that worships the one percent, supports their economic goals including trickle down economics. Unlike a true member of the 1 Percent, a Honorary One Percenter doesn't have economic capital to truly be one hence his Honorary Status. A Honorary One Percenter can be corporatist, libertarian, or a conservative among other political demographics. What is required of one is their loyalty to the 1 percent and their plutocratic ideals. Including undermine the ability of the people to have a voice in a Representative Democracy
Paul listen to the Honorary One Percenter whine about how horrible the 1 percent in America had it when it came to their tax rate. All the while bashing those who barely had anything for having it easy.
by Libertatis January 26, 2015
Get the Honorary One Percenter mug.yes the whole spiel of the 10 percenters being the ones who know the truth but preach the opposite is true. they also are the same percent of the world that controls the 85 percent. the 5 percenters, however, or rather the Nation of Gods and Earths, is not synonymous with and is not even a sect in the Nation of Islam or even Islam itself even though they have close relations and actually started through the NOI. therefore, 5 percenters do not believe that the "White man is the devil." I will leave an explanation of them for the definition for 5 percenter though so click on that and go check it out. to finish this definition off, the 85 percenters represent the general public, the 10 percenters represent the political and social figures like senators and celebrities (respectively), and the 5 percenters represent the small amount of people that are farmiliar with the supreme mathematics and supreme alphabet and preach its beliefs. once again, go to the definition for 5 percenters to find out some more of what it is really about.
by the way, this was written by a WHITE 5 percenter.
by the way, this was written by a WHITE 5 percenter.
85 percenter: wow! that new lil wayne song is cool. i wish that i had as many bitches as him. i want to be in a gang.
10 percenter: man, that lil wayne is making great sales for us. i know what he says is so immoral, but his lyrics keep his audiences ignorant so we can continue to control them and take more and more of their money.
5 percenter: hey 85 percenters, look out, the 10 percenters are trying to control you. they are just using lil wayne as a puppet to get your money and keep your habits predictable so that they can rob you blind. word is bond.
10 percenter: man, that lil wayne is making great sales for us. i know what he says is so immoral, but his lyrics keep his audiences ignorant so we can continue to control them and take more and more of their money.
5 percenter: hey 85 percenters, look out, the 10 percenters are trying to control you. they are just using lil wayne as a puppet to get your money and keep your habits predictable so that they can rob you blind. word is bond.
by eboyd32 July 6, 2007
Get the 10 percenters mug.