The individual as the atom of society is Enlightenment poison. The irreducible unit of society is the family, with its non-consensual responsibilities and obligations.
Having responsibilities and obligations does not remove someone's free will.
Hell, you have responsibilities and obligations to yourself: you have to feed yourself. If you don't, you'll die. Does that mean you don't have the right to exercise free will?
Absolute freedom is satanic. Jesus seeks willing bondslaves. At the same time, the existence of freedom is divine. God designed us to exercise free will.
The entire test is to choose to not exercise it always. To defer to God and those He puts over you. That's it. Most will fail.
Fanilies that share my ideologies have more value to me than any communist that only shares my skin tone ever will. Blood relations that harbor ideology hostile to the health and welfare of myself and my nation are my enemy.
Ideology is a choice that demonstrates far more about people's character than the circumstances of their birth.
Ideology is a choice that demonstrates far more about people's character than the circumstances of their birth.
I'd dispute this on the basis of most people's susceptibility to industrial scale propaganda. Most people are wired to be followers and do as they are told, so the circumstances of their birth(being born into a society that propagandizes a particular ideology) does in fact have a significant influence.
don't you know collectivism is leftism??
Leftist ideologies are based around collectivism and rejection of individual rights.
Right wing ideologies are >70 IQ and caoable of recognizing individuals as more than a collection of stereotypes.
The individual as the atom of society is Enlightenment poison. The irreducible unit of society is the family, with its non-consensual responsibilities and obligations.
From there, recognition of tribe is inescapable.
responsibilities and obligations to whoY?
Theocratic people would say God.
(Actual) Fascists would say The State.
Communists would say the People.
These are all excuses to enslave people to serve a master.
The real answer, in my opinion, is to yourself, your family, and your friends.
This is a brilliantly evil way to argue that individuals should not have rights or exercise their free will.
Having responsibilities and obligations does not remove someone's free will.
Hell, you have responsibilities and obligations to yourself: you have to feed yourself. If you don't, you'll die. Does that mean you don't have the right to exercise free will?
Absolute freedom is satanic. Jesus seeks willing bondslaves. At the same time, the existence of freedom is divine. God designed us to exercise free will.
The entire test is to choose to not exercise it always. To defer to God and those He puts over you. That's it. Most will fail.
Thus the issue with polarization, the neglect of balance
Fanilies that share my ideologies have more value to me than any communist that only shares my skin tone ever will. Blood relations that harbor ideology hostile to the health and welfare of myself and my nation are my enemy.
Ideology is a choice that demonstrates far more about people's character than the circumstances of their birth.
I'd dispute this on the basis of most people's susceptibility to industrial scale propaganda. Most people are wired to be followers and do as they are told, so the circumstances of their birth(being born into a society that propagandizes a particular ideology) does in fact have a significant influence.