Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha...
by pdonis on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:14PM
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> A lot of the socialists/Marxists I've known come from relatively well of conservative families for example.
That just means they got told about socialism/Marxism by some other authority figure besides their parents. I never said that parents were the only ones that could tell people such beliefs and have them accepted and made part of the person's identity.
> I suspect gravitating towards an ideology is often as much motivated by what you are against as it is motivated by what you are for.
This can quite often explain why people accept beliefs by being told them and making them part of their identity, instead of considering and weighing evidence, yes.
That just means they got told about socialism/Marxism by some other authority figure besides their parents. I never said that parents were the only ones that could tell people such beliefs and have them accepted and made part of the person's identity.
> I suspect gravitating towards an ideology is often as much motivated by what you are against as it is motivated by what you are for.
This can quite often explain why people accept beliefs by being told them and making them part of their identity, instead of considering and weighing evidence, yes.