#ideology

A further reason for my hatred of . . . ideologies is quite a primitive one. I have an aversion to killing people for the fun of it. What the fun is, I did not quite understand at the time, but in the intervening years the ample exploration of revolutionary consciousness has cast some light on this matter. The fun consists in gaining a pseudo-identity through asserting one's power, optimally by killing somebody—a pseudo-identity that serves as a substitute for the human self that has been lost. . . . A good example of the type of self that has to kill other people in order to regain in an Ersatzform what it has lost is the famous Saint-Juste, who says that Brutus either has to kill other people or kill himself. . . . . I have no sympathy whatsoever with such characters and have never hesitated to characterize them as "murderous swine. ↗

— Eric Voegelin

#ideology

Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society. ↗

— Owen Jones

#inequality #politics #ideology

It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#benefit #country #future #ideology #important

Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#clearly #ideology #important #liberalism #most

An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of believers, while being vague or conspiratorial enough to withstand skeptical scrutiny. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#bias #ideology #religion #nature

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation. ↗

— Eugene Ionesco

#considered #does #everyday #everyday life #ideology

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults. ↗

— Brian Baird

#appeal #back #courage #goal #government

The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric pollution, the economists then frightened themselves with the sort of financial crisis they said they had abolished. ↗

— James Buchan

#crisis #economists #economy #failed #financial

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#actually #administration #africa #again #american

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#discard #durable #enough #generates #ideology