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It's just exposing the lie that "following the data" meant "following the polling data." That's fine, that's how democracy works. But it erodes trust in the p
by nostromo 5y ago
It's just exposing the lie that "following the data" meant "following the polling data."
That's fine, that's how democracy works. But it erodes trust in the political bodies that made all these rules and then just overturn them on a whim.
- birken 5y agoIf the public are also "following the data", then the polling data and scientific consensus are likely to be highly correlated. I don't think it is nefarious at all that the general public and political leaders come to the same conclusions at about the same time when both are reacting same set of factors.
- calculatte 5y ago"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)
- hatware 5y agoIt's amazing what people will ignore even though it's directly in front of their eyes.