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>The problem is that their ideologies require an enemy, an underclass etc In my experience, this seems central to almost all ideologies. A common enemy, often
by Clubber 4y ago
>The problem is that their ideologies require an enemy, an underclass etc
In my experience, this seems central to almost all ideologies. A common enemy, often greatly embellished or grossly misrepresented, has been used to bolster tribal cohesion since before humanity. I'm trying to think of an ideology that doesn't use this, but I'm coming up blank.
- igorkraw 4y agoHumanism, non-tankie leftism and the more tolerant/loving religions all have "we are all brothers" ideologies. Internationalism is a key feature of leftist ideology, hâte the sin love the sinner etc. Ans even then, you can't simply throw things into a pot. Singling out billionaires and aristocrats as the enemies for their wealth and power is a different thing than singling out homosexuals or women. If we started to deprive billionaires of political speech you could very simply and comfortably give up a few hundred million of wealth to regain it. So discrimination against the rich and powerful (which is very easy to opt out of) is different than discriminating against poor people (which from experience is much harder to opt out from). The problem starts when the discrimination starts being essentialist and stigmatising. If we have people for having a rich father even if they themselves are estranged and poor, it's no better than racism etc