• JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    Many of these polls are written in way to ellicit a biased response.

    Others have already covered how this works, but I’ll add to it anyway.

    If you ask a question like “do you condemn violence against healthcare CEOs?” A lot of people are going to say yes, because they view themselves as people against violence and respond mostly to that first part.

    If you ask "did brian thompson deserve to die for his crimes? Many of the same people will say yes to that too, because people have an innate desire for justice.

    Polls do this all the time. It’s part of social engineering and plays on the phenomenon that the Asch Conformity Experiments analyzed. Around 35% of people will change their opinions to fit everyone else’s even if the answer or opinion is very obviously incorrect.

    Don’t let them take the narrative back.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      48 minutes ago

      did brian thompson deserve to die for his crimes?

      The answer is no. Unless you are counting his drunk driving and insider trading. His business was operating legally, and he was providing legal orders when directing UHC to deny 30% or more of bills. And that’s the problem. Brian didn’t commit crimes, but the industry as a whole is insufficiently regulated, and should not be privatized, but they are so large and powerful that the general citizens cannot oust them. Denying any coverage and passing the bill on to the insured party should be illegal, but it isn’t.

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        Yeah, rich people get to operate legally with the laws they create. Who’da thunk?

        It’s a shame people like you still take every opportunity to sell yourself out so someone you’ll never know can be just a bit richer.

        I highly recommend you read up on the social contract, it looks like you haven’t reached that lesson in grade school yet.

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          17 minutes ago

          Aww, someone didn’t have the attention span to wead da whole comment and now dey are super angwy about it…

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            7 minutes ago

            Yeah, that’s about the response I’d expect from someone like you.

            Blocked.

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              2 minutes ago

              Oh no, he’s threatening to hold his breath! What will I even do!?

              When you’re ready to talk like an adult, I’ll talk with you like an adult.

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      6 hours ago

      “Do you think your house is too small”, vs “would you like a bigger house” … >> x% of people happy with size of their house