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'''Ideology''' is a collection of ideas, norms, beliefs, and values ' | '''Ideology''' is a curated collection of ideas, norms, beliefs, and values propagated by '''[[Agents of Consciousness]]''' working in service to the [[Accumulating Class]]. These ideas are intentionally designed to shape human thought and behaviour in ways that suppress health, impede connection, and enable insertion/[[Interpellation]] into a hierarchical and exploitative [[Regime of Accumulation]]. | ||
Ideology is an element of [[Toxic Socialization]]. | |||
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==Elements of Toxic Socialization== | ==Concept Map== | ||
===Key Terms=== | |||
[[Ideology]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Ideology]]}} | |||
[[Louis Althusser]] > {{#ask:[[Is a term::Althusser]]}} | |||
===Elements of Toxic Socialization=== | |||
[[Toxic Socialization]] > {{#ask:[[Is a component of::Toxic Socialization]]}} | [[Toxic Socialization]] > {{#ask:[[Is a component of::Toxic Socialization]]}} | ||
==Elements of Indoctrination== | ===Elements of Indoctrination=== | ||
[[Indoctrination]] > {{#ask:[[Is a component of::Indoctrination]]}} | [[Indoctrination]] > {{#ask:[[Is a component of::Indoctrination]]}} | ||
==Related LP Terms== | ===Syncretic Terms=== | ||
[[Ideology]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Ideology]]}} | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Ideology functions to '''normalize''' toxic conditions, '''obscure''' the exploitative nature of the [[Regime of Accumulation]], and sustain social class relations by embedding distorted beliefs into the structures of personal and collective consciousness. It is a key component of '''[[Indoctrination]]''', and a central mechanism in this planet’s colonially derived [[Toxic Socialization]] process. As such, ideology is a primary subcategory of '''Wrong Thought'''—cognitive constructs that distort perception, subvert autonomy, and block connection to one's full Self and the Fabric of Consciousness. | |||
Ideology is inserted into your brain by [[Agents of Consciousness]] in a process of repetition and reinforcement known as [[indoctrination.]] Ideology and indoctrination are components of [[Toxic Socialization]]. Ideology makes it harder to [[Heal]] and [[Connect]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref> | |||
Ideology is inserted into your brain by [[Agents of Consciousness]] in a process of repetition and reinforcement known as [[indoctrination.]] Ideology and indoctrination are components of [[Toxic Socialization]]. Ideology makes | |||
Ideology is often obscured with [[EPMO]] | Ideology is often obscured with [[EPMO]] | ||
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Ideologies operate by providing excuses and justification that a) quell the doubt and assuage the guilt of the abusers/exploiters and b) encourage docility, compliance, and silent acceptance by the victims/exploited. | Ideologies operate by providing excuses and justification that a) quell the doubt and assuage the guilt of the abusers/exploiters and b) encourage docility, compliance, and silent acceptance by the victims/exploited. | ||
[[Loius Althuser]] notes that ideology facilitates the reproduction of the labour force. See [[Mechanisms of Reproduction]]. | |||
In the German Ideology, Marx suggests that ideology has no history, and that it is a dream (unreal), though there may be history in it. Althusser disagrees, ideologies have a history of their own, determined by class struggle. This seems to be empirically true. | |||
Althuser disagrees and suggests you can provide a general theory. | |||
There are four broad categories of ideology in use on this planet. These are: | There are four broad categories of ideology in use on this planet. These are: | ||
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* [[Spiritual Ideology]] - Ideology that provides justification for spiritual exploitation. | * [[Spiritual Ideology]] - Ideology that provides justification for spiritual exploitation. | ||
Ideologies typically have both a "scientific" expression and a "religious" expression. The religious expression of gender ideology is present in stories and monologues that suggest, for example, that women are weak temptresses. The scientific expression of gender ideology is expressed in notions of genetically/naturally based differences, with men being considered stronger/more evolved, and women being seeing as weaker/less advanced. | Ideologies typically have both a "scientific" expression and a "religious" expression. The religious expression of gender ideology is present in stories and monologues that suggest, for example, that women are weak temptresses. The scientific expression of gender ideology is expressed in notions of genetically/naturally based differences, with men being considered stronger/more evolved, and women being seeing as weaker/less advanced. | ||
== Quotes == | |||
"ideology... is endowed with a structure and functioning such as to make it a nonhistorical | |||
-"<ref>Althusser, Louis. ''On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.'' New York: Verso, 2014.</ref> | |||
"Ideology represents individuals' imaginary relation to their real conditions of existence."<ref>Althusser, Louis. ''On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.'' New York: Verso, 2014. p. 181.</ref> | |||
Ideology is " the system of the ideas and representations which dominate the mind of a man or a social group."<ref name=":0">Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.</ref> | |||
{{template:endstuff}} | '''According to Althusser, in Marxian theory no general theory of ideology is possible, because all ideologies are located within specific regimes are are thus determined by them''' "It will then be clear that a theory of ideologies depends in the last resort on the history of social formations, and thus of the modes of production combined in social formations, and of the class struggles which develop in them. In this sense it is clear that there can be no question of a theory of ideologies in general, since ideologies (defined in the double respect suggested above: regional and class) have a history, whose determination in the last instance is clearly situated outside ideologies alone, although it involves them."<ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. <nowiki>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm</nowiki>.</ref> | ||
<blockquote>"I think it is possible to hold that ideologies have a history of their own (although it is determined in the last instance by the class struggle); and on the other, I think it is possible to hold that ideology in general has no history , not in a negative sense (its history is external to it), but in an absolutely positive sense. | |||
This sense is a positive one if it is true that the peculiarity of ideology is that it is endowed with a structure and a functioning such as to make it a non-historical reality, i.e. an omni-historical reality, in the sense in which that structure and functioning are immutable, present in the same form throughout what we can call history, in the sense in which the Communist Manifesto defines history as the history of class struggles, i.e. the history of class societies."<ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. <nowiki>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm</nowiki></ref> </blockquote>why ideology? According to Althusser, two general reasons have been proposed | |||
1) elites create it | |||
2) it arises from humanity's general alienation. | |||
For Althusser | |||
'''Thesis I. Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence...'''. "It is this relation that contains the ‘cause’ which has to explain the imaginary distortion of the ideological representation of the real world....What is represented in ideology is therefore not thesystem of the real relations which govern the existence of individuals, but the imaginary relation of those individuals to the real relations in which they live." | |||
'''Thesis II: Ideology has a material existence.''' | |||
For Althusser, '''ideology is powerful''' because people think and act according to what they believe.<blockquote>"Throughout this schema we observe that the ideological representation of ideology is itself forced to recognize that every ‘subject’ endowed with a ‘consciousness’ and believing in the ‘ideas’ that his ‘consciousness’ inspires in him and freely accepts, must ‘act according to his ideas’, must therefore inscribe his own ideas as a free subject in the actions of his material practice. If he does not do so, ‘that is wicked’. | |||
Indeed, if he does not do what he ought to do as a function of what he believes, it is because he does something else, which, still as a function of the same idealist scheme, implies that he has other ideas in his head as well as those he proclaims, and that he acts according to these other ideas, as a man who is either ‘inconsistent’ (‘no one is willingly evil’) or cynical, or perverse."<ref>Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In ''Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays.'' Monthly Review Press, 1971. <nowiki>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm</nowiki></ref></blockquote>{{template:endstuff}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:25, 26 October 2025
Ideology
Ideology is a curated collection of ideas, norms, beliefs, and values propagated by Agents of Consciousness working in service to the Accumulating Class. These ideas are intentionally designed to shape human thought and behaviour in ways that suppress health, impede connection, and enable insertion/Interpellation into a hierarchical and exploitative Regime of Accumulation.
Ideology is an element of Toxic Socialization.
Concept Map
Key Terms
Ideology > Mechanisms of Obfuscation, Modes of Ideological Penetration, Modes of Penetration
Louis Althusser > Education, Ideological State Apparatus, Interpellation, Repressive State Apparatus, Ruling Ideology, State Apparatus, State Power, The State
Elements of Toxic Socialization
Toxic Socialization > Chaos, Destruction of Attachments, Indoctrination, Neglect, Parentification, Violence, Weaponization
Elements of Indoctrination
Indoctrination > Creation Template, Sacred Drama, Sacrilization
Syncretic Terms
Related LP Terms
Ideology > Archetypes, Conceptual Framework, EPMO, Fish Slap, Flow Filtration, Hidden Framework, Ideological Bleed, Less Than Messages, Regime of Accumulation, Symbol, System Agent, System Maintenance, Triumph of Spirit Archetype Deck, Wrong Thought
Non-LP Related Terms
Ideology > Big Questions, Ideological State Apparatus, Ideology, Indoctrination, Interpellation, Louis Althusser, Master Narrative, Ruling Ideology, Subjugated Knowledge
Notes
Ideology functions to normalize toxic conditions, obscure the exploitative nature of the Regime of Accumulation, and sustain social class relations by embedding distorted beliefs into the structures of personal and collective consciousness. It is a key component of Indoctrination, and a central mechanism in this planet’s colonially derived Toxic Socialization process. As such, ideology is a primary subcategory of Wrong Thought—cognitive constructs that distort perception, subvert autonomy, and block connection to one's full Self and the Fabric of Consciousness. Ideology is inserted into your brain by Agents of Consciousness in a process of repetition and reinforcement known as indoctrination. Ideology and indoctrination are components of Toxic Socialization. Ideology makes it harder to Heal and Connect.[1]
Ideology is often obscured with EPMO
An ideology is a set of beliefs and doctrines that an individual or group hold for "other than purely epistemic reasons."[2] Ideologies form the basis of a political, economic, or social systems.
Ideologies operate by providing excuses and justification that a) quell the doubt and assuage the guilt of the abusers/exploiters and b) encourage docility, compliance, and silent acceptance by the victims/exploited.
Loius Althuser notes that ideology facilitates the reproduction of the labour force. See Mechanisms of Reproduction.
In the German Ideology, Marx suggests that ideology has no history, and that it is a dream (unreal), though there may be history in it. Althusser disagrees, ideologies have a history of their own, determined by class struggle. This seems to be empirically true.
Althuser disagrees and suggests you can provide a general theory.
There are four broad categories of ideology in use on this planet. These are:
* Gender Ideology - Ideology that provides justification for gender-based exploitation of women * Race Ideology - Ideology that provides justification for racially-based exploitation of humans. * Social Class Ideology - Ideology that provides justification for socially based exploitation. * Spiritual Ideology - Ideology that provides justification for spiritual exploitation.
Ideologies typically have both a "scientific" expression and a "religious" expression. The religious expression of gender ideology is present in stories and monologues that suggest, for example, that women are weak temptresses. The scientific expression of gender ideology is expressed in notions of genetically/naturally based differences, with men being considered stronger/more evolved, and women being seeing as weaker/less advanced.
Quotes
"ideology... is endowed with a structure and functioning such as to make it a nonhistorical -"[3]
"Ideology represents individuals' imaginary relation to their real conditions of existence."[4]
Ideology is " the system of the ideas and representations which dominate the mind of a man or a social group."[5]
According to Althusser, in Marxian theory no general theory of ideology is possible, because all ideologies are located within specific regimes are are thus determined by them "It will then be clear that a theory of ideologies depends in the last resort on the history of social formations, and thus of the modes of production combined in social formations, and of the class struggles which develop in them. In this sense it is clear that there can be no question of a theory of ideologies in general, since ideologies (defined in the double respect suggested above: regional and class) have a history, whose determination in the last instance is clearly situated outside ideologies alone, although it involves them."[6]
"I think it is possible to hold that ideologies have a history of their own (although it is determined in the last instance by the class struggle); and on the other, I think it is possible to hold that ideology in general has no history , not in a negative sense (its history is external to it), but in an absolutely positive sense. This sense is a positive one if it is true that the peculiarity of ideology is that it is endowed with a structure and a functioning such as to make it a non-historical reality, i.e. an omni-historical reality, in the sense in which that structure and functioning are immutable, present in the same form throughout what we can call history, in the sense in which the Communist Manifesto defines history as the history of class struggles, i.e. the history of class societies."[7]
why ideology? According to Althusser, two general reasons have been proposed
1) elites create it
2) it arises from humanity's general alienation.
For Althusser
Thesis I. Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence.... "It is this relation that contains the ‘cause’ which has to explain the imaginary distortion of the ideological representation of the real world....What is represented in ideology is therefore not thesystem of the real relations which govern the existence of individuals, but the imaginary relation of those individuals to the real relations in which they live."
Thesis II: Ideology has a material existence.
For Althusser, ideology is powerful because people think and act according to what they believe.
"Throughout this schema we observe that the ideological representation of ideology is itself forced to recognize that every ‘subject’ endowed with a ‘consciousness’ and believing in the ‘ideas’ that his ‘consciousness’ inspires in him and freely accepts, must ‘act according to his ideas’, must therefore inscribe his own ideas as a free subject in the actions of his material practice. If he does not do so, ‘that is wicked’. Indeed, if he does not do what he ought to do as a function of what he believes, it is because he does something else, which, still as a function of the same idealist scheme, implies that he has other ideas in his head as well as those he proclaims, and that he acts according to these other ideas, as a man who is either ‘inconsistent’ (‘no one is willingly evil’) or cynical, or perverse."[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology
- ↑ Althusser, Louis. On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. New York: Verso, 2014.
- ↑ Althusser, Louis. On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. New York: Verso, 2014. p. 181.
- ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.
- ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm.
- ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm
- ↑ Althusser, Louis. “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” In Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Monthly Review Press, 1971. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm