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So what's the use of all this fancy data if they can't have accurate statistics? That should have been the basis of scientific management?
The Chinese government has the accurate version of all data, what is published to the world is false and has different purposes
So what's the use of all this fancy data if they can't have accurate statistics? That should have been the basis of scientific management?
I wonder what the comparable system in China was? Does anyone have some in depth knowledge here? (happy to rtfm if one is available)
Appalling as this is, I'm surprised the government needs to do this at all, given the assumption that WeChat or Tencent would already have all this information and be required to make it readily available. Then again, maybe the visible intrusiveness is the point: Han get spied on invisibly through social media and mobile carriers; Uighurs have mandatory app installs to constantly remind them who's in charge.
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If Trump, Brexit and Duterte are what the people want, perhaps we live in societies that are incapable of self-governance. I'm no fan of centrist neoliberal politics, but regimes and decisions which destabilize economies, marginalize minorities and villainize immigrants are clearly not a better alternative.
> clearly not a better alternative. To what, though? What's the choice here? Give a few people even more power without having to be voted in? Who decides which people get all the power? What if they're worse? How do we get rid of them? Is a bloody revolution or decades of dictatorship really the same as having elections where the votes don't always make the best choices?
The people inside the democracy. They need democracy.
If you take this question as me saying we shouldn't have democracy, maybe it's reflex.
It's an interesting question. Democracy isn't an end in itself, but rather a means to an end. What is that end (or those ends)? How else can those ends be achieved?
So what's the use of all this fancy data if they can't have accurate statistics? That should have been the basis of scientific management?
Columbus kept two logbooks, one with his ships' real positions, and another with falsified positions to show his men so they wouldn't become discouraged.
An interesting perspective. I would like to understand more in depth the history in China of how influence has been gained and how ordinary people were able to affect the local politics. In the English/Germanic tradition, we might have a parley-ment, or a town hall, or a Thing. I wonder what the comparable system in China was? Does anyone have some in depth knowledge here? (happy to rtfm if one is available)
https://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/LieStat/
The numbers can be completely accurate, but the interpretation will always be biased. Also - "USA Temperature: can I sucker you":
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If Trump, Brexit and Duterte are what the people want, perhaps we live in societies that are incapable of self-governance. I'm no fan of centrist neoliberal politics, but regimes and decisions which destabilize economies, marginalize minorities and villainize immigrants are clearly not a better alternative.
> clearly not a better alternative. To what, though? What's the choice here? Give a few people even more power without having to be voted in? Who decides which people get all the power? What if they're worse? How do we get rid of them? Is a bloody revolution or decades of dictatorship really the same as having elections where the votes don't always make the best choices?