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The way I interpret these contradictions is that words in ideology are largely instrumental. They achieve a goal that is seldom stated explicitly. That's how yu
by danharaj 10y ago
The way I interpret these contradictions is that words in ideology are largely instrumental. They achieve a goal that is seldom stated explicitly. That's how yu get aporia like pro-life bombings of abortion clinics and people promulgating family values that refuse to recognize certain families.
- guard-of-terra 10y agoMy point is that they pay with their soul (or you can call it "integrity"), up front, and then maybe achieve a questionable goal.
- droopyEyelids 10y agoPossibly. An alternative explanation is that the stated goal (reducing abortion) wasn't the actual goal. For example, if controlling/subjugating women was the actual goal, then more actions taken in the context of 'pro-life' activism makes sense.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoIt's hard to disentangle subconscious and conscious goals, but the goal of proscriptions against adultery and other reproductive mores usually have a foundation in primogeniture - the practice of passing land and property on to the eldest son. Robin Hanson has his "Farmer v. Forager" framework to classify many things about which people disagree with respect to social ... policy. I don't think anyone who isn't a bit ... off can openly promote subjugating women for its own sake; so it's a better story at least if there's a more rational explanation.
- guard-of-terra 10y ago"if controlling/subjugating women was the actual goal" Then to begin with they had no soul.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoThe only real "goal" here was media getting more ad revenue. Maciej is just repeating the most recent wave of bullshit stories that circled the Polish press few weeks ago. Honestly, I expected more from him.