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A constant state of being; a means of existing during any kind of nomination, campaigning, or voting period. For clarity, people must be constantly reminded that you do not have an opinion, while simultaneously giving your opinion on the topic.
During the election for the engineering society Stephen yelled I'm impartial through the corridor when he was asked to vote.
impartial by Firehose2.0 November 22, 2016
Impartial Capturing
Impartial Capturing refers to a political condition in which the ostensible lines of ideological division are not merely blurred or skewed, but disregarded altogether. Most pronounced in the United States, where lobbying groups and political action committees finance candidates and policymakers across the full spectrum, it ensures bipartisan capture and near-total domination of policy. The arbitrary distinctions so often drawn between Republicans and Democrats become little more than stagecraft, designed to perpetuate the illusion of democratic choice while masking the deeper reality of systemic subservience to well-funded interests. Organisations such as AIPAC exemplify this mechanism, distributing influence across both parties to guarantee that their priorities remain unchallenged, irrespective of electoral outcomes. Though its clearest expression is found in America, variants of this phenomenon exist in other nations, where capital similarly transcends ideology to shape consensus, leaving the theatre of politics to obscure a predetermined order imposed by financial power.
In 2024, the U.S. military lobby spent about $151 million, spreading its influence across both parties. Defence contractors and their PACs donated approximately $43.5 million directly to candidates, with Democrats receiving roughly $19 million and Republicans $22.4 million. Lockheed Martin’s PAC split its funds 42% to Democrats and 58% to Republicans, while Raytheon gave 46% to Democrats and 54% to Republicans. This bipartisan distribution ensured industry priorities would be safeguarded regardless of electoral outcomes, a clear example of Impartial Capturing.
Impartial Capturing by DemocracySold September 3, 2025
Impartial Bias
A bias that occurs when someone’s attempt to be impartial actually produces a skewed outcome. For example, giving equal time to a scientific consensus and a fringe denialist creates a false balance, making the fringe appear more credible than it is. Similarly, a judge trying too hard to appear fair may overcompensate and rule against the party they subconsciously favour. Impartial bias is the hidden distortion that comes from the performance of neutrality, rather than from open partisanship.
Impartial Bias Example: “The news anchor gave climate scientists and fossil fuel lobbyists equal airtime—impartial bias dressed up as fairness, misleading viewers about actual scientific agreement.”
Impartial Bias by Abzugal May 1, 2026
Neutral and Impartial Rationality Bias
A bias that treats Western conceptions of rationality—instrumental reason, means-end calculation, cost-benefit analysis—as neutral, universal, and beyond critique. The Neutral and Impartial Rationality Bias ignores that rationality has been defined differently across cultures and historical periods, that the Enlightenment's rationality was shaped by particular social conditions, and that Western rationality has been used to justify colonialism, exploitation, and domination. It presents "rationality" as a pure standard, erasing its history and politics. Those with this bias don't see their rationality as one tradition; they see it as rationality itself. Everyone else is emotional, irrational, or pre-modern.
"Be rational," he said, meaning "calculate costs and benefits like a Western economist." Neutral and Impartial Rationality Bias: treating one form of reasoning as Reason itself. He didn't see that other rationalities exist—relational rationality, ecological rationality, spiritual rationality. His rationality was just rationality; everyone else needed to catch up."
Neutral and Impartial Rationality Bias by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026
Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof
A bias that treats Western standards of proof—deductive certainty for mathematics, statistical significance for science, eyewitness testimony for law—as neutral, universal, and the only legitimate ways to establish truth. The Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof ignores that standards of proof vary across cultures and historical periods, that what counts as "proof" is negotiated, not discovered, and that Western proof standards have been used to dismiss non-Western knowledge systems. It presents "proof" as a pure concept, erasing its social construction. Those with this bias don't see their proof standards as one tradition; they see them as proof itself. Everyone else has anecdotes, superstition, or belief.
"Where's your proof?" they demanded, meaning "Where's your double-blind RCT?" Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof: treating one culture's proof standards as universal. The speaker never considered that other forms of validation exist—centuries of observation, intergenerational knowledge, lived experience. Their proof was just proof; everything else was anecdote."
Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026