கருத்து வெள்ளம்The flow of opinion
Karuthu Vellam is a cited, era-stamped reading of where the diaspora's positions cluster on questions drawn from the existing evidence spine. It is the diaspora's chance to speak in a structure that records what was said without ever pretending to be a vote of confidence.
Also offered as Makkal Pathivu · மக்கள் பதிவு — the people's record — for those who prefer the registrar framing.
- ·Not a referendum.
- ·Not an election.
- ·Not a mandate.
- ·Not a census.
- ·Not a count of who agrees with TLTE.
- ·Not crowdfunded legitimacy. Not a vote of confidence.
What it is: a methodologically defensible reading, grounded in the published Pol.is literature (Recerca 26.2, 2021; polis-community/red-dwarf MPL-2.0), re-implemented inside this archive so the math is owned, versioned, and auditable per reading.
Vote on cited statements
Statements are drawn from the existing evidence spine — MP Packs, Unmai desks, Magalir Avai, the Case Organ. Each statement carries a citation. You agree, disagree, or pass. Pass is first-class.
A live counter that cannot identify you
The global participation counter updates every minute with Laplace noise (ε ≤ 1.0). It tells you the diaspora is here without ever telling an adversary who is here. Safe to mirror on any social platform.
An era-week reading, not a result
Once every era-week, the votes are mapped onto a 2D opinion space (PCA + k-means, math version published per reading). The output names clusters and consensus — it never declares a winner.
Refusals are non-negotiable
No biometric. No phone. No email tied to vote. No naming. No cohort cell below N=25. No live opinion-space map. No 'go vote now' urgency. No diaspora-vs-homeland framing.
Why this exists
Diaspora opinion is named for the diaspora more often than it is heard from the diaspora. Karuthu Vellam exists because a cited, era-stamped reading — produced by a structure that publishes its own refusals — is the only legitimacy claim that survives /on-what-authority.
The instrument's legitimacy comes from the opposite of virality. The live counter is shareable; the underlying opinion-space map is not streamed. The Belarus 2026 Coordination Council vote (Vocdoni/Society22, May 2026) is the closest precedent: this reading could not safely be produced in polling stations.