To determine which side is firmly in power, see which side's positions are better understood by the other side.
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Replying to @fare
That is mostly true if the main criterion for joining the side in power is to understand what they are doing.
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Replying to @Plinz
More like, the side in power controls the narrative via schools and mass-media, so of course everyone knows and understands their propaganda. Whereas they often have little understanding about the ideas of the minorities.
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Replying to @fare
Schools and mass media don't teach the subdued people the positions of the people in power, but their own positions. Conversely, people who are able to gain and maintain actual power tend to take great care to understand the ideas of their opposition.
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Replying to @Plinz
Schools and mass media teach subdued people the ideology of people in power. E.g. in France, a few centuries ago, Catholicism, today, Socialism. People who seek and obtain power don't care a whit about the ideas of their opponents, only about ensuring their continued domination.
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Replying to @fare
I don't really see the point in trying to convince you, but if a farmer had to control their cows not via fences but via ideas, the farmer would be very interested in what the cows believe, and he would certainly not install his own beliefs. Popes are not supposed to be Catholic.
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Replying to @Plinz
You're missing an important subtlety: the farmer is not interested in the details of what the cattle believe when they don't believe his propaganda; he's interested that they should believe his propaganda. And indeed, he doesn't sincerely believe it himself.
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In the same way as there are almost no cattle outside of fences (and most cattle would not survive the next winter in the wild), there are almost no people outside of ideologies, and most would not get through the next winter on their own.
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