Ideology works through the process of consensus. Someone's ideas gain followers and a movement is born to support these ideals and find ways to garner wider support; either through negotiated agreement or through some form of overt or covert coercion. Some movements gain broad support. Others limp along, held in high regard by a few and disparaged or ignored by the rest. Our institutions function by finding ways to harness the forces of ideological consensus and use them to their advantage. Ideologies that support the desires of those in power are brought into the circle of power. Those that oppose, or are of no use to those in charge, are suppressed, destroyed, or ignored.
Coherence is Provisional
Coherence is Provisional
Coherence is Provisional
Ideology works through the process of consensus. Someone's ideas gain followers and a movement is born to support these ideals and find ways to garner wider support; either through negotiated agreement or through some form of overt or covert coercion. Some movements gain broad support. Others limp along, held in high regard by a few and disparaged or ignored by the rest. Our institutions function by finding ways to harness the forces of ideological consensus and use them to their advantage. Ideologies that support the desires of those in power are brought into the circle of power. Those that oppose, or are of no use to those in charge, are suppressed, destroyed, or ignored.