Politics: The Left’s Guiding ‘Scientific Principle’
“Political” and “Climate,” entirely, and, to some degree, “Economic” are the only “Sciences” based on assumptions.
“Assuming that our models are right…” “Assuming that markets respond predictably…” “Assuming voter sentiment and turnout…” “Assuming the accuracy of guesses we’ve made to compensate for the fact that enormous variables prevent fully-accurate, even near-term weather forecasting…” – the list goes on. Curiously, the assumptions underlying those “sciences” are seldom expressed, but their “conclusions” appear everywhere, all the time.
Starting with assumptions, practitioners of all three “scientific disciplines” can produce complex polynomial equations to “prove” almost any predetermined result. From Study.com: “Polynomial equations are equations that have multiple terms made up of numbers and variables. The degree is the highest exponent of the polynomial. The degree tells us how many roots are found in a polynomial equation. The roots of the polynomial equation are the values of x where y = 0.”
Got that? “Climate,” “Economic” and “Political” “scientists” assume that most people will not get it. Often, it’s their only accurate assumption.
If all predictive “scientific” assumptions were correct, then, Hillary Clinton would be president; according to 1970s scientists, we’d now be experiencing a Modern Ice Age; according to more recent “scientific” prognostications, glaciers would be gone, snowfall a thing of the past, Manhattan and Miami underwater; Earth passed non-reversible climate tipping points in 2000, 2012, (again) in 2016; and socialism would be working in the Soviet Union, Cuba and Venezuela.
But, if socialism is an effective economic system, why is Cuba an island prison, why has Venezuela suffered hyper-inflation, power outages, food shortages, and why are millions of Venezuelans refugees? If Say’s Law of Economics – if you make it, people will buy it – is science, why didn’t people buy Edsels or the New Coke? If they’re caused by global warming, why did only Europe experience a heat wave?
Don’t ask. You don’t understand the science. Panels of “experts” aren’t asking those questions, who are you to bring them up?
In fact, all three “sciences” have become forms of Political Science, or, more accurately, partisan politics. People are asking questions, and the Poli/Sci landscape is changing.
Even the Democrats’ house organ, the New York Times, has noticed that socialism depends upon public ignorance, reporting, perhaps regretfully, “Americans generally like the idea of taxing other people to provide benefits for people like themselves. But…redistributive policies become less popular as more details about them become known – one reason some Democrats are worried that initial public support for proposals like “Medicare for all” and guaranteed free tuition to…colleges will eventually wane.”
Attentive observers noticed that only after climate was politicized were common, more-or-less-severe weather phenomena offered as “evidence” that that a climate apocalypse was upon us.
In fact, speculative “science” has become routine left-wing agitprop, tools, pretenses to achieve their usual policy goals – power grabs, raising taxes, growing government, limiting personal freedoms, hamstringing free markets, and relinquishing national sovereignty at home and abroad.
Call me cynical, but, regarding politicized “science” – a/k/a, politics – cynicism is almost always rewarded.
