Difference between revisions of "Fallacies Of Ideology"

To put it bluntly, most ideological writing is [[wikipedia:Bullshit#In_philosophy|philosophical bullshit]].  That is a technical philosophical term, believe it or not.  in short, the bullshitter does not care about the truth of what he is saying: he is concerned with other effects.  In the case of ideology, the important effects are creating doubt in existing beliefs and creating or affirming belief in the ideology.  Thus all the tools of rhetoric, propaganda and public relations are employed.

This provides mysteries for the faithful to focus upon, providing internal repetition of the ideas so necessary for belief.  We see such pretend mysteries in Catholic doctrines such as the three in one god.  Libertarians pretend that liberty and property do not conflict, despite the fact that property restricts liberty of all the non-owners.  This gives huge opportunity for repetition of the ideological fundamentals (necessary to propaganda) in the course of the inevitable disagreements on how to harmonize the apparent conflicts.  That is why libertarianism is so schismatic despite the proclaimed unity of fundamentals, much as in Christianity.  That is why G. A Cohen can come to radically opposite conclusions to right-libertarianism starting with the same fundamentals. in his [[Self-Ownership, Freedom and Equality]].

; Ignoring [[Joint Production]].