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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
anolandria ("Nol Malone ☭") wrote:

STOP BLAMING "VOTERS"

"Voters" have statistically 0 impact on US policy according to several studies including the famous 2016 Cambridge study.

We have near 0 impact on news; 90% of all media it's owned by 6 families.
(People vote for what they know, they know what the news tells them.)

Yelling at "voters" does less than nothing.

A root cause must be understood before a solution is possible and the root cause isn't "people", your neighbor, or your co-worker.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizenshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B?hl=en-US

US Federal Policy graphed. Policy passed on the Y axis, and support for policy on the X axis. An ideal representation would start at no support and the policy doesn't pass at the bottom left corner of the graph then follow a strait line to full support and the policy has 100% chance of passing at the top right of the graph. According to the graph (made with data from a Cambridge University study), the bottom 90% least wealthy people in the US have no impact on public policy. When there is no support for a policy, there is about a 30% chance the policy will pass. If there is 100% support for the policy, there is about a 30% chance the policy will pass. However, the top 10% wealthiest people in the US have an impact on public policy that is much closer to the ideal. If no elete wants the policy, it doesn't pass. If most elete want the policy, it has a high probability of passing. The graph demonstrates that the average person has absolutely no impact on US public policy, but the top 10% wealthiest Americans have a direct impact on public policy.