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.
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Replying to @Plinz
Ideologies contain good and evil ideas, which we should freely rearrange, combine, alter and add to. Progressing to a better set of ideas. Up and out.
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Replying to @DKedmey
Evil is the alien god. Ideas are evil only to the degree that they are incompatible with one's own system of values, but values are cultural constructs.
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If a functioning ideology is internally consistent does this mean it contains no evil? And how do we justify critiquing another system from within our own system? Can there be both resident and alien evil?
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Replying to @Gregg_E_Miller @DKedmey
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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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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