From the rhetoric of “hurry up” to “gender” mysticism: how I manipulate an election for you
What are cognitive biases? From the dictionary: “Cognitive biases are constructs based, outside of critical judgment, on erroneous or deformed perceptions, on prejudices and ideologies; often used to make decisions quickly and effortlessly ". Why do we need to talk about cognitive biases today? Because the election of the next President of the Republic offers us two, on the plate, so obvious that we cannot ignore them. Especially the so-called big voters (free and honest) should be aware of this. Just to avoid falling into the trap. In other words, to prevent the propaganda of the mainstream media from manipulating them on the basis of "wrong or deformed perceptions, prejudices and ideologies"; so as to induce them to "make decisions quickly and effortlessly" (as well as without freedom and critical spirit, we add).
Therefore, the first bias is that of "efficient democracy". It is based on the bizarre idea that an elective assembly held in permanent session, or even not, must necessarily vote and designate the elected one, or the elected ones, in a jiffy. Especially when it comes to an assembly without a precise majority, and therefore forced to compromise and negotiations to find a square. Well, nowhere is it written that the election should be short, that the voters should tighten the time, that the classroom should give a "sign of maturity" by converging precipitously on a name.
Exactly the opposite is true, if we move in a democratic logic. And that is that the passage of time, the perpetuation of the stalemate, the increase in litigation could indicate that that assembly is "really" representative of opposing interests and values. While the "suddenness", the "maturity", the "convergence" on pre-packaged names are often an indication of decisions taken upstream, and by others: by the markets, by international chancelleries, by financial potentates (or by all this a little) . After all, the unforgettable title of Sole24Ore of 2011 (“FATE SOON”) gave us to Mario Monti. While the current, identical, equally hypocritical cry of alarm for the fate of our "democracy" wants to lead us to another Mario. On apparently different hills, but with the same perverse intentions.
We now come to the second bias that we could define as that of “woman, a mystery without a beautiful end”. In practice, it consists in considering "good" regardless of an application, if it involves a "she". This is a typical declination of the unbearable mystique of "pink quotas". Where we start from the foolish concept that the female subject is, by definition, free from vices as much as it is infused with virtue. In short, a female candidate is good, competent and honest by default. She cannot be corrupt, she cannot be a scoundrel, she cannot be incapable, she cannot be a scarecrow enslaved by the strong powers. Man, on the other hand, yes.
All by virtue of a kind of gendered racism as widespread, with its dull and cloying "lace", as our right-thinking public opinion is anti-racist about everything else. So, if we can afford two pieces of advice, to the big voters: take all the time you need and don't vote for either a man or a woman. Vote for a decent person with the independence and freedom of our battered country at heart. To find her…
Francesco Carraro
www.francescocarraro.com
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