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Mac Users More Liberal Than Windows Users
adeelarshad82 writes "A recent survey conducted on 400,000 people — in which 52% of respondents were self-described PC (Windows) people, 25% were Mac users and 23% were neither — showed that Mac users are more politically liberal than their PC-using counterparts. 58% of Mac users were 'liberal,' as compared to 38% of PC users. Amongst other things, the survey also indicated that Mac users were, on average, more urban, younger and more educated than PC users, which could potentially be a contributing factor toward being more liberal."
Oh god, conservative vs. liberal with ((mac vs pc) vs linux) on an Easter Sunday.......I'm gonna go steal eggs from kids or something.
Seriously, who the fuck cares?
What's next, Fox News viewers are more conservative than PBS viewers?
Christ. What a waste of time. A self selecting young, predominantly urban, affluent, middle class, college educated demographic is generally more liberal than the rest of the population? Well, I for one, am shocked.
No, not really. What would be more interesting is in looking at what the distribution for those attitudes looks like. I'd guess Mac users would represent a classic bell curve while PC users would have a much less predictable pattern. But then I wouldn't expect the people who do this kind of "research" have any interest beyond trolling in the first place. No questions about conformity or deference to authority either. That'd be an interesting outcome...
I had a dream, bright and carefree, but now there's doubt and gravity
You're either with the people who have polarizing world views, or you're against them.
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you're using the question mark sign incorrectly, it's for questions.
I love the term "more educated". Without strict definition, it is completely useless. How is it measured?
I have several dozen friends and associates who only have a high-school diploma, but are far "more educated" than many (most) who have masters degrees. They are self-educated, but still have a far larger body of knowledge, and integration of that knowledge.
"more educated", as popularly used, has -zero- to do with intelligence. It has everything to do with opportunity, privilege, and money. Congratulations, wealthy folk are more likely to own Macs. They are also more likely to own a Rolex or drive an over-priced car. Sometimes the things they purchase truly are of higher quality or are inherently better. Sometimes the pricing is solely based on exclusivity and perceived status, and the product is inferior.
BTW, I have a master's degree. I spent 10 years working full-time and self-educating, but needed to "check the box" for employment opportunities later in life. A complete waste of time and money, other than it opened some employment doors.
What is even more distasteful is that somehow some political views are viewed automagically as "bad". Having different options should be a GOOD thing.
Some political views are bad. There's no way around this. There are policies which are generally good for people, and supporting these policies is good; there are policies which are generally bad for people, and supporting these policies is bad. Holding different political positions is not akin to liking different flavors of ice cream.
Your .sig illustrates this nicely. I'm guessing that you, like I and (I'm going to go out on a limb here) the majority of /.ers, understand that the PATRIOT act is a bad thing, a policy which hurts a lot more than it helps. Supporting it is therefore also bad. Anyone who supports it, no matter how good they may be in other ways, is to a certain measurable degree lowering themselves down the moral scale. They have the right to their opinion, to be sure -- and the rest of us have the right to criticize them for it.
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.