Loading ...The Numbers, Please
Full article: https://amgreatness.com/2022/09/19/the-numbers-please/
It turns out Americans vastly overestimate the size of all minority groups, representing an over-scaling problem for which there should be some accounting. The poll’s findings are alarming. Among the questions:
- What percentage of the country is black? The average answer was 41 percent. The actual number is 12 percent. Of course, if you watch television commercials, you would think it’s closer to 90 percent.
- What percentage of marriages are mixed race? Average answer: 50 percent. The actual number is 1 percent. If you watch television commercials, you would think it is more like 99 percent.
- What percentage is “Latinx”? Average answer: 39 percent. The actual number is 16 percent. Also, most Latinos hate the term “Latinx.”
- How many families make over $500,000 a year? Average answer: 26 percent. The actual number is just one percent. We somehow think a quarter of the country is rich.
- What percentage of Americans are vegetarians? Average answer: 30 percent. The actual number is a paltry five percent.
- What percent of Americans live in New York City? Average answer: an astounding 30 percent. The actual number is just three percent.
- What percentage of Americans are transgender? The answer given was 22 percent. The actual number is not even one percent.
- What percentage of your fellow citizens are gay? The answer give was 30 percent. The actual number is just three percent.
I find my perception of the “size” of these various groups to be out of touch with reality. It is incredible to understand just how small these special interest groups are and yet they have a stranglehold on society which can only be attributed to the power of propoganda. The press is a powerful tool and with North America MSM (and growing portions of alt media also) owned by only 5 corporations, they can create these false expectations.
Similarly, they can create an illusion that the country wants X or Y, when in fact these positions only represents a small sliver of society.
There is always hope that the majority can emerge from under the fog of lies being sold!
Yup … interesting article, and I sent it to my daughter this morning as she lives in academia where being out of touch with reality is SOP.
They must have polled a bunch of idiots. If you watch TV nowadays you will find at least one interracial couple a gay and a lesbian.
Great post. It’s difficult to overestimate our stupidity.