Quote from: Tamas on Today at 04:24:36 AMQuote from: crazy canuck on Today at 02:20:45 AMOn the other hand if we indulge in pure propaganda for the sake of morale how then can there be a discussion within democratic societies which points to the woeful levels of support being given to obtain the objective of the propaganda.
That's a valid point of course.
But still, we should not be talking about an assured/imminent Ukrainian defeat right after any tactical (I don't think we can confirm there's even an operational breakthrough yet) success by Russia.
Quote from: Jacob on May 16, 2024, 04:30:09 PMI don't think "kids waving flags" is inherently a totalitarian aesthetic. You'll see it with royal birthdays and visits and whatnot.Yeah - and the reality is I think kids would get pretty excited (or easy to hype) about seeing the President or the King or whatever.
I think other things around it can make it more or less totalitarian feeling, of course - mostly staging and context.
Quote from: crazy canuck on Today at 02:20:45 AMOn the other hand if we indulge in pure propaganda for the sake of morale how then can there be a discussion within democratic societies which points to the woeful levels of support being given to obtain the objective of the propaganda.
QuoteDoes this mean that polls just aren't accurate? Not always, but they can present a different picture than reality. This is largely because "the real margin of error is often about double the one reported," Pew wrote. Many polls typically have a margin of error less than 3%, which "leads people to think that polls are more precise than they really are," the outlet added. But this margin "addresses only one source of potential error: the fact that random samples are likely to differ a little from the population just by chance."
There are at least three other identifiable sources of data errors that can come from poll taking, Pew added, but most polls don't calculate these metrics into their margins of error. The differing approaches in how polls are taken can also have "consequences for data quality, as well as accuracy in elections," Pew added. As a result, a 2016 study from The New York Times showed, the actual margin of error in most historical polls is closer to 6% or 7%, not 3%. This represents an error range of 12 to 14 data points, the Times said.
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