Ideologies that strengthen themselves
Aug 8th, 2007 by Ivo | 
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The attachments to theories, points of view and dogmas are used to satisfy our need of certainty and to escape confrontation with the void. Often I ask myself how ideologies and dogmas can stand the test of time even though they are so often full of holes.
I noticed that among the various mechanisms commonly used, ideologies tend to implement auto-referential processes to defend themselves from criticisms, whereas the criticisms themselves strengthen the ideologies.
Strengthen today, strengthen tomorrow, and the day after that fundamentalisms are born.
