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And how was that measured?

One of the lessons from the falls of authoritarian governments was how big a gap there was between public expressions of support and peoples' true feelings.

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That's a really good question. You can't realistically go door to door asking people if they support their oppressive government. How do marketing folks get a pulse with public expression of opinion or survey results? Click rates and referrers on controversial stories?

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