It takes 30 days of consistent work to develop a new habit. That's because that's how long it takes to build new neural pathways in the brain.

That means due to the inaction of people like @OregonGovBrown, people in portland have had PLENTY of time to build a habit of rioting. https://twitter.com/OregonGovBrown/status/1298355206753681408

Now what you're looking at is people who have been doing this every single day for three months. That's three times as long as it takes to develop a habit. They have had zero accountability or consequence, which is roughly the same as positive reinforcement or encouragement.

In other words, the optimal time to stop the violence was when it started. They didn't do that. Now, they have a population of people who have become addicted to it. They have rewired their brain to see it as a good, positive thing.

This isn't stopping anytime soon.