| Akvod said: I think the basic gist is that the problem with a lot of ideologies is that they claim to offer a magic pill to the world's solutions. And these sorts of movements almost always go pretty wrong. |
I would say it is more like the ideology claims it IS the magic pill, and not just that it offers it. It, itself, is the answer. It will end up whitewashing the flaws and so on that happened.
You see this happen in the case of people who claim to be of the Christian faith and then equate western civilization with the Christian faith. End result is every single thing in western civilization has to be shown as the best possible light, and the best possible outcome, or else Jesus ends up not being Jesus. It leds to other things also, like those who are on the short end get set up as being the problem. Are you poor? Obviously it is your fault you are. You see, if you were in the right, then everything would work out, because the religion of Jesus (aka "Western Civilization") shows that this is so.
So, whether it be technological utopia, triumph of markets, or triumph of the working class, it is all just do whatever you want, remain moderately faithful to your belief system (saying your ideology is glorous scores bonus points) and everything will work out in the end. It is bound to happen after all. Religiously, it is a nice what to have God, without really having God. It is like the George Carlin religion, where you end up worshipping the sun and praying to Joe Pesci. Biblically, a form of Godliness, without really any power.
Such individuals, when in revolutionary mode will do real horrible evils also, thinking if they can just tip things the right way, it will make a different. Marxists in the 20th century did this. In this century, you have religious fundamentalists who end up doing this. I believe some people involved in Occupy had this in mind, and probably some Tea Party folks. Well, at least Ron Paul troopers don't go too far. Signs on telephone poles are relatively harmless.
