>ideology is a warped worldview validated by a certain framework of reasoning, value system and supposed “facts”
>it‘s those with power who are most able to spread an ideology and not fringe groups
>somehow liberals ended up believing all institutions of the status quo are the most trustworthy sources of truth and therefore ideology is something that exists outside of the status quo
>everything speaking to the contrary of the status quo is just crazy ideological gobbledegook
>”You’re saying something that is contrary to the status quo is true? Let me check in with the statu quo first!”
Why are they like this?
ideology is just a mass cult and weve gotta make sure our cult wins
Factoids and logicals stand no chance against dogma. It takes profound personal experience or slow internal development to shake lib dogma.