Musings 3: on municipal socialism, on worldwide surveys on democracy. adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/musings-3
No longer on a weekly basis, but I could not resist ....
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Beliefs in conspiracies cannot be shaken by anything. Denials are interpreted as confirmations. "Full disclosure" only raises suspicions that something is being hidden. This is inherent in the logic of conspiracies.
I wonder about G Elliot Morris's findings. Are the concern about economic well-being and ideology mutually exclusive? In France a few years ago 71% of respondents agreed that "the notions of the Left and the Right are obsolete," but 94% were still able to locate themselves on this dimension.