Here is what political opinions look like from the outside. Which ideology is the best one?pic.twitter.com/YVXsfN2Kj8
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It’s not that an idea is being transmitted that makes it an ideology— It’s that it is being transmitted *whole,* with few modifications, sort of how a viral DNA retrotransposon is transmitted from parent to offspring, and when modifications do happen, they are often random.
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Ideology is not the same as political thinking. Usually it is the opposite: the hivemind expresses its thoughts in the host. If the host has their own thoughts that don't channel the telos of the hivemind, the host gets in trouble.
I think we can follow Napoleon and split political thinking into 1) realist (willing to make deals, etc) and 2) ideological (rigid, uncompromising).
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