The goal of studying ideologies is not to sort them into good and evil ones and to pick the best one. The goal is not to move left or right, but up and out. As long as we are triggered by ideology, we know we still carry competing infections.
Evil is whatever harms the sacred purpose. Ideology needs no justification, a world without sacredness has no meaning. Sometimes ideologies are defined in such a way that even its adherents have no chance to not commit evil, so they are eternal sinners in need of redemption.
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We need to be able to challenge a dangerous ideology to justify itself in an attempt to help it escape itself. We don't just let any old ideology lose on the world without a fight.
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An ideology is just invasive software. It runs on people, replacing their agency with its own, but that does not turn it into a sentient being we need to respect. Its value is purely instrumental.
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Note that I am not condemning ideology here. This is just how it works. If you feel human dignity is sacred, then fascism is evil to you.
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