I'm not sure what the big reveal is there.
If elections weren't fought on emotion, the left wing of politics wouldn't exist.
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If elections weren't fought on emotion, the left wing of politics wouldn't exist.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
8 out of 10 elections are won by the taller candidate because people subconsciously associate 'good genes' with 'good leadership'. Humans are much dumber/more visceral than they like to think.
Caveman brains in a space age world
Caveman brains in a space age world
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
I watched it this morning. We're all going to hell in a hand basket. Hopefully Poch will win us some silverware before it all goes off..
I love the fact that we've all just accepted that taller = better genes.
Obviously it's true, but I expected at least one person to disagree
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Height and symmetrical faces are the two things humans look for as a sign of good genes. Height only applies to males, symmetrical faces to all
I'm quite into evolutionary psychology - Robin Dunbar and all that
glasgowspur
Dimitar Berbatov
Hitler and napoleon were short arses that inspired nations to rise to great and giddy heights by inspiring fanatical devotion in them.
Also don't think El Duce or Stalin were that tall.
Also don't think El Duce or Stalin were that tall.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
My guess is that would be in an age between community leaders and tv leaders - i.e. they could hide it. Like Lincoln's squeaky voice
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Wee Archie Gemmil. Wee Gordon Strachan. Wee Willie Winkie.
http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/03/20/scl-a-very-british-coup/
...Cambridge Analytica is a mere offshoot of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL Group) – an organisation with its roots deeply embedded within the British political, military and royal establishment.
Indeed, it seems evident that the organisation is a product of murky alliances formed between venture capitalists and former British military and intelligence officers. Unsurprisingly, they also happen to be closely tied to the higher echelons of the Conservative party.
International deception and meddling is the name of the game for SCL. We finally have the most concrete evidence yet of shadowy actors using dirty tricks in order to rig elections. But these characters aren’t operating from Moscow intelligence bunkers.
Instead, they are British, Eton educated, headquartered in the city of London and have close ties to Her Majesty’s government.
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The full article at the link above provides more details about the connections, the whole thing was a bit long to copy and paste.
Or, if you prefer, the Twitter thread:
...Cambridge Analytica is a mere offshoot of Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL Group) – an organisation with its roots deeply embedded within the British political, military and royal establishment.
Indeed, it seems evident that the organisation is a product of murky alliances formed between venture capitalists and former British military and intelligence officers. Unsurprisingly, they also happen to be closely tied to the higher echelons of the Conservative party.
International deception and meddling is the name of the game for SCL. We finally have the most concrete evidence yet of shadowy actors using dirty tricks in order to rig elections. But these characters aren’t operating from Moscow intelligence bunkers.
Instead, they are British, Eton educated, headquartered in the city of London and have close ties to Her Majesty’s government.
________
The full article at the link above provides more details about the connections, the whole thing was a bit long to copy and paste.
Or, if you prefer, the Twitter thread:
glasgowspur
Dimitar Berbatov
It is deeply ironic that facebookers (or whatever they are called) are forever moaning about trump and Brexit now appear to have help to win these votes.
I can't be the only one though who thinks these claims are a bit spurious.
As I understand it using info gleaned from aa survey and profiles they targeted certain groups.
Most of the people that I know that on Facebook 'embellish' their profiles and don't answer surveys truthfully.
I can't be the only one though who thinks these claims are a bit spurious.
As I understand it using info gleaned from aa survey and profiles they targeted certain groups.
Most of the people that I know that on Facebook 'embellish' their profiles and don't answer surveys truthfully.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I don't see how targeted political advertising is any different to race hate stories being in The Mail and pleb hate stories being in The Guardian
Baleforce
Ron Henry
I agree with your point, I don’t think the Guardian example exists though
Seems bigger than that to me. If you watch the CH4 video linked earlier, you see the CA people talking about how they wrote the manifesto for the Kenyan President, wrote his campaign speeches. They talk about plenty of dirty tricks, in conjunction with the big data stuff. This turns out to be a company, one of a group who are connected to the British establishment through school ties, government donations, ex spies, Lords etc.
It's like the private arm of the British establishment meddling in elections around the world. Facebook copping the flak seems like a sideshow imo.
I hope that the journalists who broke this story keep digging.
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90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Cracking questions.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
So like buying a newspaper without knowing the detailed history of the Beaverbrooks and Rothermeres