Everything is ideology to some extent, but not everything is ideological to the same degree. The beliefs that a level playing field is good and that winning by

Everything is ideology to some extent, but not everything is ideological to the same degree. The beliefs that a level playing field is good and that winning by means of political favoritism is bad are almost universally agreed on. Almost all political philosophies, including various shades of socialism and communism, agree that markets are needed to some degree if only for price discovery.