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Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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Any examples? IIRC, many such orders signed by Trump were immediately undone or at the very least drastically watered down by Biden.

The Patriot Act was an executive order

The patriot act was passed by congress and signed by the president in 2001, and the last provisions expired in 2020.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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The authors are using this an example of a widespread thing people think is true (that belief in god has gone from ubiquitous to uncommon), but that is not actually true (belief in god has decreased, but not by as much as people think), the subject of what the article measures.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any examples? IIRC, many such orders signed by Trump were immediately undone or at the very least drastically watered down by Biden.

The Patriot Act was an executive order

No.

>The Act passed the House by a vote of 357–66, the Act passed the Senate with a vote of 98–1.

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post #6

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Is there a difference in the 2 major parties anymore? I seriously don't know which parry you're referring to.

The only people I ever see asking that are right-wing pundits trying to convince left-leaning voters not to bother voting, and occasionally burned-out centrists who've fallen for it. I've never seen a serious left-wing voter/activist/politician come out with the claim that "well, the right are just as bad as we are". "We are not so different, you and I" is always the last-ditch claim of the villain, knowing that they…

I think "centrist" and "moderates" are pretty bad terms. They are usually used to capture anyone that doesn't fall cleanly into the two main parties. Which honestly, is a very diverse group. One such issue (of many) with this is that many anti-authoritarian people fall into this camp. It does make sense that these people get burned out as there has been no representation for them in decades and their major concerns have only grown ever stronger and seem nigh impossible now. The right did capture some of these people (re Tea Party) until they typically find out they are hoodwinked. Now the left is capturing some of these people because Trump was the personification of authority. Still, I don't think these people feel represented and I don't think you should dismiss them so easily.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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The actual title is > Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change Not "Study: Americans consistently overestimate how much culture has changed." And from the abstract > Participants overestimated the amount of change on 29 attitudes (57%), underestimated change on 10 attitudes (20%), estimated change in the wrong direction on 10 attitudes (20%), and estimated change correctly on only two attitudes (4%). (o…

Sorry, I based the submission title from a press repost, but wanted to link the original source, which apparently had a different title.

I think you might be able to edit. I'm unsure, if not maybe Dang will come around and do it for you.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, I based the submission title from a press repost, but wanted to link the original source, which apparently had a different title.

I think you might be able to edit. I'm unsure, if not maybe Dang will come around and do it for you.

Is title editing a new feature? Little nervous, didn't expect it to rocket immediately to the #1 spot, trying my best not to get trouble in here

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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I don't know about that. Something like an executive order can have effects years after someone is gone, momentum builds and it takes effort for a successor to undo it. To say nothing about lifetime court appointments. Not just in the supreme court either.

All federal judges are lifetime. https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/about-federal-jud... https://thehill.com/regulation/3631564-five-things-to-know-a...

From https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-governm...

Federal judges can only be removed through impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate. Judges and Justices serve no fixed term — they serve until their death, retirement, or conviction by the Senate.

So retirement is an option, which is what I am guessing most choose.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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> Significance

> People change when they think others are changing, but people misperceive others’ changes. These misperceptions may bedevil people’s efforts to understand and change their social worlds, distort the democratic process, and turn imaginary trends into real ones.

People can't follow the herd if they don't know where the herd is going.

Re: Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

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Is there a difference in the 2 major parties anymore? I seriously don't know which parry you're referring to.

They're both authoritarian but one obviously leans left, and the other, right.

Only one has targeted attacks of human rights of minorities.
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