Some argue these stories are just the product of silly reporters. There’s certainly enough of those chasing the bandwagon of public opinion. But behind many of the false stories, there’s something more sinister at work: deliberately misinforming the public to win later in the opinion polls.

VK explains how public opinion became the justification for policies which were pre-fabricated:

There’s an objective explanation for that.

In the 1920s (or 30s), far-rightist Karl Popper coined the concept of “public opinion”. This would become a hallmark of Western Civilization in the post-war.

The public opinion theory states that the masses don’t have an opinion for themselves or, if they have, it is sculpting/flexible. The dominant classes can, therefore, guide the masses like a shepherd, to its will.

Friedrich von Hayek – a colleague of Popper and father of British neoliberalism (the man behind Thatcher) – then developed on the issue, by proposing the institutionalization of public opinion.

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