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Well, when I try to imagine the mindset of the military people who coined the MICE acronym, and I imagine what they see as "ideology", I don't think that "comme
by FeepingCreature 5y ago
Well, when I try to imagine the mindset of the military people who coined the MICE acronym, and I imagine what they see as "ideology", I don't think that "commercialization" would be in there. Hence why "money" is a separate entry. I'd assume they mean "I" to stand for "religion and things like religions", preachers, holy texts, deep convictions. In my model, they'd understand profit maximization as "just sensible behavior" and "I" as a set of deviations from such behavior.
- b112 5y agoThey could have used a more restrictive term if they desired, yet did not. And frankly, political stances have caused more losses to state secrets than religion. EG, "commies!", or alternatively state ideological "long live the king, for the kingdom!". Democracy, and capitalism are alternative ideologies. The means for profit is on the list, and all the nuances in between. Take profit over health (cigarettes companies), profit over culture/society (facebook), this is an ideological stance. Profit above all else.
- b112 5y agoAlso, if the above looks like I'm stomping on your def, I'm not, just trying to get across why I see it as more generic...