What Is Ideology?

[@emmettg7490]

Ideology: 1. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. 2. the science of ideas; the study of their origin and nature. Material > Emotional > Intellectual. IMO ideology exists to justify personal outlook or perspective, it is dependant on the environmental conditions at that time. For the individual, the concept is closely linked to identity.

[@edwardsullivan5884]

I believe ideology to be cultural conditioning, brainwashed by not asking yourself why you think what you think. Peeling away the layers is vital to escape ideological possession.

[@drageben145]

Nah fam it's a trash can wich we all eat from Nom nom nom nom ideology

[@billysmoke2736]

I identify as a spirit and I will never tell anyone what to do... because another human has its own spirit...

[@Stevie-J]

Buying into any system of ideas is a fools game. Ideologies are developed by those in power to help you rationalize and ultimately accept your place in their world.

[@ecantu2600]

Your definition of ideology seems, ironically, ideological. Your emphasis on the “dominance” of a set of ideas as being definitionally crucial is a leftist ideological notion, one rather obviously meant to exclude leftists from being ideological because their views are not dominant. “Everyone else is brainwashed and superstitious, but we are just insightful in our worldview.” A better definition of ideology is simply “pre-ordained narrative.”

[@brianstanton8296]

Exactly

[@SadamHussain-p1e]

So good

[@yiannimitropoulos3913]

This video basically advanced an ideological position ("capitalism is bad") without ever defining the concept of ideology. Disappointed.

[@Stevie-J]

“The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.” Meaning: click on any topic you want, and you'll get the same message

[@jefferymcneil1469]

Skeptical of this post 🤥🤥 what should be a definition came off as a Communist post ☹️☹️

[@samrl1170]

Nice, come to learn about ideology. Get an ideological anti capitalist ideology, criticizing such, while at the same time making content to aquire capital for ones self. Capitalism is simply the idea of economic liberty and the ability to cooperate with one another, Capitalism has essentially broken down the power dominance hierarchy of feudalism and dispersed the power to groups of people with common goals, giving great power to even the entrepreneur. You have the freedom to choose to be a cog in the wheel or forge your own destiny, no one is forcing labor. It's voluntary cooperation at it's root.

[@edwardbackman744]

Excellent vid, I cannot believe you don’t have more subs

[@ElectricDidact]

Thanks, friend. :)

[@jhwfloub179]

in this channel there are many things I learned during my depression, complexly wonderful.

[@zadig08]

Hello! For other people seeking out the sources, I found the Bacon essay referenced in the video under the title "Of Superstition" as well as another one titled "On Superstition and the Virtue of Science". They're both short and fairly easy reads. Take care!

[@funnyvalentine1544]

Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state if equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era the world has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfil this role... Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘master of the party’ will take the napkin first... Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals

[@ValvtaSilent]

Slavoj Zizek: "...'Ideological' is not the 'false consciousness' of a (social) being but this being itself in so far as it is supported by 'false consciousness'." Your presentation works on quite out-dated view of Ideology. For farther reading: www.iep.utm.edu/zizek/#Ha

[@ElectricDidact]

Thanks for the referral. :)

[@ValvtaSilent]

Good work on the video nevertheless, and continue your work!

[@ElectricDidact]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching.

[@christobul9688]

Sorry, although this video is extremely well produced. It loses it's anti capitalist meaning because of medium, the internet. I have the advantage of understanding it as I watched it grow from something only college engineers could work to what it is today. The internet simply would not exist without capitalist ventures. But it was pleasant to watch you are talented in this medium.

[@ognjenmilanovic7057]

You are oversimplifying things

[@Ashikukki]

I came here to know about ideology as a whole, not a deceptive beating of capitalism

[@rhodeislindred7735]

This video is ideology..😉

[@ElectricDidact]

Tru dat

[@katiearbuckle9017]

Hello, This might shock you, but first I would like say thank you for this Video. I am surprised you quoted a figure so far back in not only world History but in the History of my own Family. Hearing those words of Sir Francis Bacon actually makes more sense to me because not only do I agree on the Ideology he is a cousin and it comes with those values even through time the Family has passed down. Even in those branches of the family that are no longer part of the Nobility. His uncle Lord William Cecil the 1st Baron of Burghley is my 17th times great grandfather on my Father's side through his mother. And I thank you for quoting because, I been saying the same thing since November 2016. I may have worded it differently but it seems to me that he knows what he is talking about. Thank You.

[@andrearenee7845]

Not true... Look up the word Ideology in the dictionary..

[@thepriest9478]

Thanks u clearly painted a picture for me....

[@ravissary79]

So this isn't actually about ideology. Huh.

[@ARMY-mo8ei]

Every individuals life has a specific purpose in that attainment of which his intellect. knowledge. creed social value and experiences guide him

[@gamera522]

You are telling this points by your ideology

[@AP-yx1mm]

Underrated content, underrated videos, underrated Channel. To quote Trump: SAD!

[@ElectricDidact]

Thanks lol ^_^

[@fish1999onBass]

Thank you for this video

[@MattStranberg]

Just discovered your channel...and I'm loving it!

[@metatron4890]

Perhaps the idea that poverty causes crime is another example of "ideology?"

[@ElectricDidact]

Sure! Makes me think of that quote by Hélder Câmara: "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist."

[@metatron4890]

I never understood that. Poverty is the natural setting of human beings. What needs to be explained is wealth.

[@TheUnknown-hb4bb]

Poverty doesn't cause crime

[@ericpiotrowski5009]

Good video. I came here to find a quick intro for my HS students. (I'm doing three days of 30 min workshops about it.) I think this is a little over their heads, but maybe I'll use it on Day 3. We'll see.

[@ElectricDidact]

Amazing. Good luck on the workshops!

[@1800kook]

You can do it! ⚡

[@Rendon276]

The blur is straining my eyes.

[@PatriotMapper]

I have a question... There is a form of government that is called Syndicalism, but there is a form of Syndicalism call Anarcho-Syndicalism. Which is the ideology? Is Anarcho Syndicalism just a variant of Syndicalism? Is Syndicalism a collection of different ideologies? As a Syndicalist supporter *I MUST KNOW*

[@L14MA]

*pure ideology*

[@darianburns5506]

I couldn't stop groovin.

[@BadServiceMusic]

I guess I have been coming from a more structuralist perspective lately because of what I have been reading. I was thinking about (Wark, Mckenzie, Gamer Theory. futureofthebook.org. 2006. Pg 128-132) In which Wark has a media critique of Deus-Ex, Invisible War. He talks about different poles of power as they are reflected in our world and within the game. I feel that these poles of power are often represented within different ideologies and how particular groups create a symbolic order of power. Thus making personal choices that reflect the hierarchy that they believe is/and/or/should be dominant. The four poles are Templar (non merge with regards to technology/traditionalist), Omar (complete merge with regards to technology/futurist), ApostleCorp (democracy) and Illuminati (authoritarianism). I think that american political ideologies interact with theses poles of power in a multidimensional way, perhaps even go beyond them. My argument is that Ideology goes beyond the realm of authoritarianism and pervades every aspect of how we organize or understand our relationship to power.

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[@sanaebenali821]

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[@daniellopez9051]

Is it idealogical to believe that capitalism is not the best option?

[@ElectricDidact]

Mmmmm, there is no standpoint outside of ideology.

[@BadServiceMusic]

I also want to respect what Sam Kelly and Electric Didact said. I appreciate Electric Didacts support of the assertion that capitalist ideology is dynamic. I think that Sam Kelly's ideas is also relate to these dynamics in some ways. I think he is arguing that there are certain foundational axioms of capitalism that are able to colonize seemingly opposed politic ideas. I think the tension in our arguments may be over the degree to which these ideologies change or remain stable. What do you think?

[@jean-louispech4921]

you speak about some ideologies but not the definition of ideology. You have ideologies that favor superstition and you have antagonist ideologies rationals rejecting dogmas and irrationals beliefs. For example the battle of the two France was an ideological "war" between the left wing and the right wing on some major ideological ( like democratic republic against oligarchic monarchy ) questions since the French Revolution. One side was defining authoritarian, dogmatic Catholicism and its superstition while the other wanted it destroyed.

[@BadServiceMusic]

I really enjoyed your fresh take on ideology. The connection with superstition is really fascinating. It is a subject that we all struggle with and i think it is hard to present without being judgmental, however you seem to do a good job presenting the information without passing judgement. I think the argument that conservatism is inherently ideological has a lot of merit. While conservatism can be very rigid and limiting (especially in certain contexts/communities), I also think it is capable of being dynamic. It is relevant to consider that the conservative viewpoint is also capable of contributing to this discussion. Furthermore, liberalism can also have some deep seeded ideological problems. We are currently living in a period of intense technocratic politics which embraces change as the status quo. A politics which is pushing the notion of technological progress in deeply ideological ways. I would be interested to hear you thoughts on other ideologies that interest you and if you think this argument is legitimate. I've been really enjoying your videos and I hope you keep making them.

[@Lotsofleaves]

You have a misunderstanding of what was meant when he spoke of conservatism. He didn't mean American conservatives and ideological and American liberals are not. By the definitions used here, both groups subscribe to liberalism, the conservative ideology of capitalism, developed out of the bourgeois revolutions of America, France, the west, etc. He acknowledged this when he said "even many who claim to be progressive would still never think of overturning the fundamental system". So everyone of any policial note in American politics (even people like Sanders and Stein) are conservatives here because they don't actually question any fundamental basis of our society whatsoever. Your idea that we live under an ideology of change is an illusion produced by the limited framework of American politics (I'm assuming you're American too). Technology may be morphing rapidly and conservatives may feel we're moving to fast on social justice issues but the reality is that there is a broader ideological consensus across the American political spectrum formed over the course of the cold war and put in stone after the US bankrupted the Soviet Union. That consensus says that capitalism and the power structures which it created through its history, white supremacy and patriarchal dominance, etc. are "the end of history" and there is no evolution or revolution that follows. This consensus and the lack of the counter-ideological force of the international communist movement has actually plunged us into an era of societal stagnation, not change.

[@ElectricDidact]

Solomon St. John I really appreciate your thoughts. Actually, you might be interested in this essay that has stuck with me and touches on some of your ideas here, I think: thepointmag.com/2010/politics/why-conservatives-should-read-marx

[@ElectricDidact]

Sam Kelling Sam, while I think you're getting where I'm coming from, I wonder if there's more behind Solomon's comment than you're giving it credit for ( tho I realize I may be reading into it). I mean, there's a complex play of forces at work within capitalism, and I think what Solomon is getting at is precisely how capitalism is dynamic, engaged in contradictory impulses that ideology tends to obscure. I'm not sure if I would call capitalist ideology one that is outwardly characterized by change per se, but it is, at least internally, quite dynamic. (That's how it adapts so insidiously to changing circumstances.) I dunno, I guess I'm just unwilling to say Solomon is necessarily wrong in essentials?

[@ndkiwikid]

Electric Didact "[Ideology is] an ordered, more or less consistent picture of the world, to which our habits, our tastes, our capacities, our comforts and our hopes have adjusted themselves. They may not be a complete picture of the world, but they are a picture of a possible world to which we are adapted. In that world people and things have their well-known places, and do certain expected things. We feel at home there. We fit in. We are members. We know the way around. There we find the charm of the familiar, the normal, the dependable; its grooves and shapes are where we are accustomed to find them. And though we have abandoned much that might have tempted us before we creased ourselves into that mould, once we are firmly in, it fits as snugly as an old shoe. No wonder, then, that any disturbance of stereotypes seems like an attack upon the foundations of the universe, and, where big things are at stake, we do not readily admit that there is any distinction between *our* universe and *the* universe. A world which turns out to be one in which those we honour are unworthy, and those we despise are noble, is nerve-racking." On stereotypes: "This is the perfect stereotype: Its hallmark is that it precedes the use of reason; is a form of perception, imposes a certain character on the data of our senses before the data reach the intelligence. The stereotype is like the lavender window-panes on Beacon Street, like the door-keeper at a costume ball who judges whether the guest has an appropriate masquerade. There is nothing so obdurate to education or criticism as the stereotype. It stamps itself upon the evidence in the very act of securing the evidence." -Walter Lippmann, *Public Opinion*, 1922

[@joelruggi3756]

your videos are really good man, keep up the good work!

[@ElectricDidact]

Joel Ruggi Thanks a lot!

[@relin3062]

I doubt Bacon means that ... He means that practice is fitted into arguments...

[@Knight_Astolfo]

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[@svengaming6243]

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[@1235dudeful]

Thanks! and whats that first tracks name?

[@ElectricDidact]

You can find music info in the video description. :)

[@TheOrdipita]

Good video! For future reference I would suggest lowering the volume of the background music, and possibly choosing something with more mids and no sharp, high-pitched melody as it needlessly distracts from your voice. Otherwise keep up the good work, love your videos.

[@ElectricDidact]

Thanks for this. I'm consistently frustrated by how hard it seems to balance audio in my current setup. It ends up sounding fine in headphones, and then not so good on different speaker setups... Glad you like the videos! Spread the word.

[@LEON..D]

i heard every word

[@LPArabia]

Is "ideology" synonymous to "dogma"??

[@ElectricDidact]

By the Marxist-ish definition I'm going by here, ideology might include dogma, but it's more like a way of talking about the *network* of dogmas and ways of speaking that hold up the way things are. Even contradictory dogmas or structures can, in their net result, still support the same ideology.

[@LPArabia]

Electric Didact thanks!

[@jean-louispech4921]

Ideologies means logic of ideas, logic of ideas about social relations and relation to the world . Ideologies are related to psychology. You have several great logic of ideas, with pairs of antagonists . Each ideology has its antagonist. You have ideologies who are dogmatic, and their antagonists will be anti dogmatic. One will lead to blind belief, total submission to an authority, and the antagonist will lead to reject of submission to authority, critical thinking, taste for finding solution by himself, etc.... The first will be linked to irrational thinking, searching easy answer, and more important an answer ( being the real answer doesn't really matter ) at all cost instead than no answer, and then will be more prone to superstition than its antagonist who make accepting that we can't have an absolute answer on all question , accept uncertainty , prefer to keep a question in suspension instead of taking the first bad answer, etc.... There are ideologies that favor beliefs , and other that favor knowledge. And dogma is all about belief, not knowledge.

[@forhim426]

Great presentation

[@JustinWagner1982]

I recognized a lot of clips in here from various Kapitalism101 videos.

[@ElectricDidact]

Probably used the same public domain film I used! :)

[@mouniaomlbanat1131]

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[@johnochonuwe4632]

powerful video

[@ElectricDidact]

Thank you. :)

[@animehwatcher2115]

“Word View” I think im wrong

[@mobinasaghir560]

What can i say Its so great :-)

[@franciscocozzielzo357]

Totally biased, misleading title.

[@ElectricDidact]

cool story bro

[@tyronD9]

yo, much respect!!

[@esteh6008]

Get a PhD

[@ElectricDidact]

um .... ok

[@Rucaco_Production]

Ideology is one of the subject in political science degree..