Down with Political Polling. Up with Prediction Markets.
Pollsters, many of whom predicted an overwhelming "blue wave," obviously failed miserably as reliable gauges of political sentiment. But prediction markets may offer an alternative.
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Why GOP Loyalists and Candidates Keep Moving Left
Unless the Left's opponents focus on changing voters' ideological drift to the left, candidates who want to actually win elections will have to keep moving left also.
Down with Political Polling. Up with Prediction Markets.
Pollsters, many of whom predicted an overwhelming "blue wave," obviously failed miserably as reliable gauges of political sentiment. But prediction markets may offer an alternative.
The Google Election
Whether Trump or not-Trump is finally declared the winner of the 2020 US presidential election, we're in for the battle of our lives. A constellation of state and state-extended apparatuses has openly declared war on Liberty — on us. We're all thought criminals now.
Social Media Companies Aren’t the Good Guys. They’re Also Not Monopolists.
Social media has lied about user privacy and has misled the public about the platforms' status as open forums. But none of this makes these companies monopolies.
How Decades of Media and Faculty Bias Have Pushed America to the Left
Silicon Valley and the media are moving even further left. This is what is to be expected when a single ideological group controls educational institutions and major media outlets over a period of several decades.
The Privilege of Politics
In 2020, privilege manifests as political extortion. Push back against these bullies.
Social Media Companies Aren’t the Good Guys. They’re Also Not Monopolists.
Social media has lied about user privacy and has misled the public about the platforms' status as open forums. But none of this makes these companies monopolies.
Jeff Deist: Trump-Biden Debate Preview, Chris Pratt Attacked by “Mean Girls”
Is Trump the “lesser of two evils”? Jeff Deist makes the case that, in terms of centralization, there is almost no difference between Trump and Biden.
