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> The detail of the paper, rather than the headline, actually undercuts most of the traditional conspiracy theories. > Another quirk is that it appears even su
by Zababa 5y ago
> The detail of the paper, rather than the headline, actually undercuts most of the traditional conspiracy theories.
> Another quirk is that it appears even supermajorities often don't get their way (the graphs show that if 80-90% of the elite favour a policy, it is enacted a little under half the time. Which is better than the probability if 80-90% of the median voters favour it, but still means they usually don't get their way...)
I think those two things oppose each others.
- notahacker 5y agoIf political deadlock and politicians having priorities of their own means even supermajorities of what the study calls the elite don't get their way, I'm not sure it helps the conspiracy theory about the power of the elite. (I mean, it leaves open claims about specific billionaires and more bizarre theories about shapeshifting lizards, freemasons or pizza shops, but they were outside the scope of the study) The second point does lend support to the argument that politicians frequently fail to deliver what the public want, but that's less a conspiracy theory and more established fact :)