• phar@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Yea, I’m sure all those folks in Hong Kong that were rioting approve of their new government overlords. I’m sure the Uyghurs would say they’re doing just a fine job. The article even mentions they didn’t ask laborers. I don’t disagree that they asked those people and they did respond that way. However whether people answer truthfully about their authoritarian government is a completely different thing. So yes, I do question this one single survey done of a small sample size and there’s really no way for them to account for everything. How many other peer reviewed studies do you have besides this one?

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      2 hours ago

      There are 1.3 billion people in China and you can read the report to see their satisfaction with a variety of metrics from the indifference of local officials to their participation in public health programs, over the past however many years

      I hope you understand that even a 5% disapproval rate for something in China is still somewhere near 70 million people. There are only 11 million uyghurs in China. Do you not see how if you add up all the people who approve and disapprove you get the same ballpark numbers the study is claiming?

      Just do the math lol

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        2 hours ago

        Likewise 30,000 people out of 1.3 billion is not going to be representative. Again do you have any other peer-reviewed studies or are you just basing your entire beliefs of one small sample study?

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          2 hours ago

          That’s not how statistics works at all. A sample of 30,000 people out of 1,300,000,000 is in fact highly representative. Please go look up how sample sizes work because there is no way to have a meaningful conversation if you don’t understand basic statistics.

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            31 minutes ago

            So no other peer reviewed studies then? You’re a one article is absolute kind of guy? Good luck out there.