This is very conditional statement.
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Replying to @rupasubramanya @i_contemplate_ and
It has to be tho.. real life wud be like that. Signals from community leaders wud be sent, and received, but exceptions wud exist
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
The 14% can be considered a stratified random sample of say top 25% of the populatn. That's a big chunk that definitely supported partition.
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Replying to @Shapiro_WIlk @omarali50 and
It was not a random sample! It was those who met the franchise requirement. Clearly unrepresentative of the population.
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Replying to @rupasubramanya @Shapiro_WIlk and
I am in position of agreeing w both. Not a random sample, but not unrepresentative of view (as far as views were there on this topic..i.e.
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
i.e. real twist is that many ppl likely HAD NO VIEWS on this topic. Till they learned of it. Which way wud they hv gone? Never sure, but ..
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
Interesting Q is: could the elite have been split? or even convinced to go in other direction in large numbers? I think not impossible..
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Replying to @omarali50 @rupasubramanya and
Would have required Brit-level machinations. Baniya led Congress not upto it :P
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Replying to @i_contemplate_ @rupasubramanya and
I disagree w "machinations" as the crucial difference. Crucial difference is asabiya, information, sophistication etc.."advanced" civ vs..
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Replying to @omarali50 @i_contemplate_ and
vs "wounded civilization" (in more ways than one)
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We're still a wounded civ in that case. Not looking good.
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