its jus' a like is-is!!
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It IS what they actually believe, but the way "belief" works for them is different than for all of us. When we say we believe something it means we have been convinced of a given idea and now have a commitment to it, so it's going to take serious evidence and argument to change our minds. There's an inertia to accepting and changing a belief, and we maintain a historical record of our beliefs as well as a certain degree of honesty about our level of confidence in them.
One of us can say "I'm pretty certain of XYZ, I used to believe ABC but I was on the fence and I saw evidence that changed my mind".
They can't do that. Everything they say they genuinely 100% belief as if it were the word of god... at that moment. And in the next moment they will genuinely 100% believe the next thing as if it were the word of god, even if it's completely contradictory with what they just said.
If that sounds like 1984 it's because that's exactly what this is. They "believe" whatever they're required to believe at any given moment, will insist they have never said or believed otherwise, and will change that belief at the drop of a hat. They're completely capable of believing two totally contradictory things at the same time, and demonstrating that publicly isn't a display of hypocrisy in their world but a display of loyalty and power.
That's just redefining the meaning of the word 'belief'.
Ultimately, I know they don't believe anything they say, because they had to invent a word to describe the concept of 'doing things that align with that you believe in' - "praxis".
Nobody else on the face of the earth needs a word to describe this action, because it's just fucking implicit with the very concept of belief. People have words to describe the opposite - 'hypocrisy', a westerner would say. 'Shirk' a muslim would say.
But only the marxist has a word for living by beliefs he claims to hold. Only the marxist has need for such a word.
Its sociopolitical power, and its whats ruining our politics and news, all at once. Until we can get rid of the biased newsmedia, and radicalizing social media/search engines, and teach people how to think freely, it will never get better. And take on the tech oligarchs who think they know what's best for the whole country, too.