Everyone has ideals and beliefs, an ideology is a curated selection of ideals and beliefs that help people that don’t really want to sort through their own ideals and beliefs feel connected. Most people who claim an ideology haven’t really thought through the reality of those beliefs and people who think through the reality of beliefs tend not to want to be defined by a particular ideology.
Of course if you only look through that lens you can just sort everyone you hear from into a familiar box and that will further reinforce your belief that everyone has an ideology. so this probably won’t change your opinion on that.
But whatever people’s beliefs are- what I find amusing is the “as a liberal\conservative\independent\anarchist\libertarian\whatever, I think” crowd. Their declaration of allegiance comes before any expression of their ideas or beliefs, which tells me they didn’t come to those beliefs by reason or experience, they’re just representing their belief club.
Everyone has ideals and beliefs, an ideology is a curated selection of ideals and beliefs that help people that don’t really want to sort through their own ideals and beliefs feel connected. Most people who claim an ideology haven’t really thought through the reality of those beliefs and people who think through the reality of beliefs tend not to want to be defined by a particular ideology.
Of course if you only look through that lens you can just sort everyone you hear from into a familiar box and that will further reinforce your belief that everyone has an ideology. so this probably won’t change your opinion on that.
But whatever people’s beliefs are- what I find amusing is the “as a liberal\conservative\independent\anarchist\libertarian\whatever, I think” crowd. Their declaration of allegiance comes before any expression of their ideas or beliefs, which tells me they didn’t come to those beliefs by reason or experience, they’re just representing their belief club.