@GuerillaOntologist if popular sentiment as ascertained by polling numbers were “the authentic will of the people”, then should we replace elections or legislative outcomes with polling numbers?

i also think our political outcomes are plutocratic, poorly serve the general welfare. I’m glad to use Gilens+Page to help make that case.

but args abt democratic “preference aggregation” i think ultimately have to be consequentialist, not framed in terms of accuracy in adducing some preexisting truth.