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Originally Posted by peter12
I can only describe radical relativism to be some form of ridiculous psychosis.
Actually, according to some critical theorists, Slavoj Zizek for example, ideology IS psychosis, substituting the real way of things for the images of a political plan.
Marxism is, arguably, the world's first real ideology given Marx's attempt to create a new social science modeled along the lines of Darwin's new natural science.
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Philosophy major? You can always tell the students who spent a lot of time in Philosophy classes. They go to no ends to tell you how they understand everything, quote all these contradictory philosophers to support their point, but never have an original thought of their own. H.L. Mencken said something to that effect, but Bertrand Russell told him he was wrong.
First real ideology? Organized religion.
On the OP, I haven't been able to install the correct plugin to get the media to load so I haven't been able to listen to the documentary. I can only assume that "useful idiots" was a reference to Lenin's quote about the willing compliance of journalists and the media to perpetuate a lie and create myth? Ironic that this turns into a right versus left debate when both ends of the political spectrum, and every ideological step in between, have been guilty of media manipulation to support their political goals. For every Stalin you have Pinochet. For every Lenin you have a Bush. Zealots are the same on both sides. They all sell their souls for power and control.