After the referendum, I seem to remember the news reports of utter shock that the yes vote won.
A significant number of people, believing it would never happen voted yes as a means of voicing concerns about some aspects of of being a part of the EU.
Such is the flaw in asking a closed ended question and expecting it to represent views and opinions.
I think Ireland instituted a more productive means of creating change: 'experts' and a cross section of the population had a conference before their recent referendums to bridge the gap between a closed ended question and what was actually going to happen depending upon the outcome of that vote.
The more cognitively challenged we are, the more we rely upon stereotyping.
In a research experiment, subjects were asked questions and given multiple choice answers. Some answers involved more stereotyping than others. In one variable, subjects were asked to carry out arithmetical tasks whilst reading and answering the questions. These cognitively challenged subjects were more likely to choose stereotypical answers.
This phenomenon has a function. In emergency situations we have to make quick decisions in order to survive, so we'll use the quickest route to decision making.
The thing about the internet is that we are bombarded with information: our perception and cognitive processing is challenged.
It's perhaps no surprise if organising people in boxes, or through stereotyping has become more prevalent, if it's a means of surviving stimulation overload.
All mouth which used to speak the Queen's English having had a privileged upbringing, and now touts right wing politics to disenfranchised working class white men in a Cockney accent.
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