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Why is Gerry Hutch doing so well? (www.rte.ie)
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I'm not aware of any of his policies but I'm aware he's a gangster.

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[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

My own take is that it's partly (or largely) because people are having their brains cooked on X, TikTok and other platforms. You cannot have any meaningful public discourse on those without hoards of bots vying to convince the uninformed that what's up is down and what's down is up. It has a hypnotic effect over time and even researchers of disinformation are not immune. They need to take breaks and do resetting behaviour.

For balance, Irish people are still overwhelmingly sound. But there is an elephant in the room we are not addressing.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

They are very heartening statistics. Thanks for the link.

I think you're probably spot on about the social media poisoning. It's the second time I remember him doing reasonably well mind you.

[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

True, although according to online commentary (for what it's worth!) he did not do as well this time.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Well that's something!

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

This stat gives me cause for concern given the percentages mentioned. Was the question phrased as one or the other?

  • 69% said "the best way to address the housing crisis is to fund public housing, compared to 31% who believed restricting immigration is the solution.
[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hmm, I assume it was both. For example: which of the following two options is the best way to deal with X: Option 1 | Option 2. And yeah 31% seems like a lot, but it doesn't tell us what kind of restrictions these people would like to see, eg temporarily lowered immigration caps vs the more brutal options championed by MAGA et al.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Just that it is a split equalling 100 might mean it was two wildly different approaches offered as the only answers to the question which I think would be quite leading.

[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, yes. I see what you mean now. Well spotted! That said, I imagine those are the two main options people consider when it comes to the housing crisis, no?

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I would say there is a lot more I would be considering from the sales process, building regulations, poor infrastructure support from ESB and Uisce, terrible planning process, to the push for residential property as investments and associated tax benefits from forgoing traditional investments in favur of housing.

Immigrants are those that they hope to take advantage of by renting out properties.

If it was an either or I would throw out all results of this survey, feeling good isnt worth lying to ourselves.

[-] Seimhe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The purpose of the survey was to capture broad public attitudes, though. The result is socially significant since it tells us which explanation people lean towards. A binary question is still useful for that, even if housing is obviously complicated.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Do you think we need more houses for white couples to populate the country or to help house horrible immigrants who ruined their country and are now flooding ours?

I get what you are saying but if it was binary between the two it left a lot of context out and bizzare specifics in

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