• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    In the more tedious parts of this internet this would be called a “red herring” argument.

    Yes it’s an interesting idea, but it has little bearing on you having used a study with a clearly defined scope to support a claim that is outside of that scope.

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            3 hours ago

            No, sorry; I meant what in the terms of the study makes you think your interpretation is valid? You do have access to it, after all it’s publicly available data, so can you please show me where in the explanation of scope from the study that your interpretation is somehow valid?

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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              2 hours ago

              The data represents how people feel about their systems, and I believe that’s good evidence for how comprehensively democratic a system is, as democracy is will be the majority.