Written by Reverse Engineer, Doomstead Diner
As of 9am 26 December 2018 200 survey reponses had been received. In this post we will discuss some general observations about how the survey is progressing, as well as one of the results from these early responses, which were tabulated and graphed before 200 responses were available.
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One of the things I find most interesting about doing these Surveys is finding out just what the Demographic composition of Doomers are. I’ll have a lot more information on this after the Survey closes, but for today we’ll just look at the Education level of people who are Collapse Aware enough to be looking for information on various websites around the internet concerned with these topics.
The survey doesn’t concern itself with the Clueless Hordes out there with no concept of what is ongoing, and it doesn’t even sample everybody who has some grasp of Collapse. It only samples people who haunt a variety of collapse oriented websites and may have seen a link for the survey. How many people that actually is I’ll try to estimate after I have all my data compiled. However, regardless of total population here, this sample already is pretty good, although of course it could be better the more people who fill it out, so if you haven’t done so yet, GET TO IT and BE COUNTED! Survey will close after New Year’s, once I get over my Hangover and can get the computer turned back on. lol
Now, while there are over 200 TOTAL respondents to the survey as of now, not every respondent answers every question, and that’s OK. On the Political level, there are only questions about Amerikan Electoral Politics, specifically about the possibilities for POTUS candidates in 2020. Some early criticisms came in that the Survey is too “Americentric”, but that’s not true. Only a few of the questions concern themselves with the Political Sewer ongoing in the FSoA. Most of the questions apply generally no matter where you live. I couldn’t possibly list all the candidates in all the countries now undergoing collapse issues, it would be ridiculously unwieldy even if I knew who they all were and I don’t. I don’t live in those places, I live on the Last Great Frontier of Alaska, nominally a part of the FSoA although not connected to it by land. Besides that, most of the readers of these English Language blogs come from English speaking countries, and most of those are from Amerika. So I’m sorry if your country’s politics are not included here, but just skip those questions and go to the Collapse Focused ones. You can submit the survey just the same, it doesn’t matter. You just aren’t counted on Amerikan Political questions is all.
One of the most interesting things so far that I can see (anybody can see it, you don’t have to be a mathematical genius for this) is how well-educated Kollapsniks are relative to the the level of the typical Amerikan. The education level of Doomers surveyed appears in the graph at the top of the page. Now let’s compare that to the general education level of the FSoA Population as Surveyed by the US Census Bureau:
As you can see, the percentage of the FSoA that has a Bachelor’s Degree or better totals up to 30%. Now total up the percentages in those categories for Kollapsniks. An ASTOUNDING 64% of Kollapsniks have a Bachelor’s Degree or Better! That is more than double the percentage of the average member of this society, so it should be little wonder that what Kollapsniks think doesn’t match what the general population thinks in aggregate, on just about any topic at all related to collapse. Also why you as a Kollapsnik may find it difficult to convey these ideas to friends and relatives.
What is even MOAR astounding than that once you get into some of the responses made by this well-educated Cohort of Doomers are some of the response they generated along the way. There are several questions I find it hard to believe what either the majority or the plurality of these folks think is true. However, I’m going to wait on looking at and analysing the results of those questions in detail until after I close the survey. It is a shit load of data and I only wanna have to do it once. I’m not the blackboard wizard and numbers cruncher I was as a Yute, and I don’t have so much time left Walking the Earth I wanna use it up doing a lot of detailed statistical analysis. However, if you are a numbers cruncher with some verifiable credentials, I’ll provide you all the raw data and we can collaborate on more detailed view of the numbers. You can CONTACT me on the Doomstead Diner, and send your email to me and I will get back to you.
Sunday we will look at a few more of the questions, specifically those addressing the Energy issues faced as Industrial Civilization works its way deeper into the toilet. The Full recap will come either the following Sunday or the week after that, depending on when I actually close it and how detailed I end up getting on my analysis.
How many miles do you think knowledgeable and Collapse Aware Doomers drive their internal combustion carz every week? How often do they fly on Airplanes each year? Inquiring minds want to know.
Survey still OPEN
See previous post here.
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