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Hard to trust research about governance by an organisation who’s mission is to “advance solutions based on the principles of limited government”. Not sure what
by shortcake27 3y ago
Hard to trust research about governance by an organisation who’s mission is to “advance solutions based on the principles of limited government”. Not sure what the agenda would be, potentially an attempt to discredit and marginalise groups who generally don’t share the views of Cato. Quick DDG search shows previous Cato research has been flawed.
- NoRelToEmber 3y agoMost organizations have a mission beyond pure research, including Scientific American, Nature, the Open Society Foundation, and nearly every think tank and newspaper. And all of them have at one point or another published something that falls under the broad category of "flawed". So with these standards you could dismiss nearly every poll or study you'd want. For the record I mostly disagree with Cato's libertarian beliefs, but I don't have such a low opinion of them that I'd think they'd outright fabricate a poll - they're a well-established think-tank with a good reputation. Is that what you think happened? Or is it the sample size of 2000 that bothers you? I agree a bigger sample is always better, but I don't see that as reason to outright discard their results.