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The Dogma usually includes statements like "people who don't care about X are part of the problem" and considerable social effort is spent on recruiting more "s
by xyzzy123 4y ago
The Dogma usually includes statements like "people who don't care about X are part of the problem" and considerable social effort is spent on recruiting more "soldiers" and influencing group norms.
The unaligned are considered "fodder" by the ideologically committed.
Not everyone needs to be recruited. Most people can be kept in line by ensuring everyone knows what the "safe" view is within a specific group and occasionally punishing defectors.
- pixl97 4y agoThis is generally but not always true. Lets make an imaginary situation where you live on an island and are running out of trees. There are mostly two sides here. The people that are burning though trees at a faster rate than they grow are the problem. Not caring about the problem, especially in the case you are the ones burning those trees is going to ensure 'Tree 0 day' comes. Everyone will get affected if you reach that point.
- xyzzy123 4y agoI think we might be talking slightly past each other. It's absolutely true that for many values of X, being "unaligned" or "uncertain" on X does some harm. What I'm saying is that human social dynamics mean that there's usually a range of acceptable beliefs for issues X, Y & Z and it's wise to understand when it's acceptable to express uncertainty and when it's not. Uncertainty is a stance, a position, which can easily be outside the range of socially acceptable beliefs. For example, I have zero opinion on "body positivity". But I know that many groups will hold the opinion "it does no good if only we believe in body positivity, ALL of society needs to change". Expressing uncertainty or indifference in these situations will be construed as social defection by True Believers and punished.