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| David Warren: Of polls & proggies |
| 2015-11-04 |
| My head is buzzing with the latest polls, to which gentle readers have directed my attention; and one I found this morning on my own, while checking the BBC to catch up on terror strikes and other horrors. I don't think polls are useful, in the sense of practically good; but this does not mean I don't think polls are accurate. Rather, they feed into something called "democracy" -- an immensely destructive, de-civilizing force. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 I put him on my RSS main. He has some out of the park articles sometimes. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-11-04 20:42 |
| #3 ..flow of gold... |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-11-04 15:44 |
| #2 Actually, polls are not what they appear. It's just another tool for the playing 'jump on the bandwagon' game of well over a century ago whether its used for politics or sales. At this stage of the game, it's just another propaganda tool to manipulate with. It's also a very lucrative tool to extract money from the treasuries amassed by warring power groups, and just as likely manipulated to keep that follow of gold going (tell them what they want to hear). Anyone paying attention has noticed how much even the polls between two contenders narrows dramatically as the real date of 'ritual' of ratification approaches. And this doesn't even start with the way questions are asked or in what connotation which is a contrived means to get results intended not found. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-11-04 15:43 |
| #1 Hear, hear! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-11-04 15:37 |