tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post4012060676181581853..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: Is That Collusion/Stupidity I See in Your Article, Asahi Shimbun, Or Have You Gone Over to the Dark Side?Jun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-74962394345654093292014-11-27T23:27:20.468+09:002014-11-27T23:27:20.468+09:00Exactly! Heuristics are heuristics and tautologies...Exactly! Heuristics are heuristics and tautologies are tautologies; and the twain shall never meet.<br /><br />Since the comment seems to have nothing with the post, that's all I'm going to say here.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-14172632576640706472014-11-26T22:02:34.489+09:002014-11-26T22:02:34.489+09:00I have to ask: why do you persist in assuming that...I have to ask: why do you persist in assuming that the behaviour of the government, the composition of the national parties, and the voting action of the electorate are directly connected? They aren't. <br /><br />Your assumption is that the actions of the government will reflect on the constituent parties and affect the voting result as a consequence. <br /><br />But that assumes that the constituent parties are perceived as fundamentally different from the non-governing parties by the electorate; if they are seen as variations on a single theme then there will not be any statistically meaningful shift from one to the other no matter what the slogan of the day may signify.<br /><br />If most of the electorate sees the parties as mostly interchangeable then parties no longer win or lose based on their policies; the difference of opinion is lost in the noise of political sloganeering.<br /><br />The winner wins. The loser loses. Because they're winners and losers.<br /><br />Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com