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  1. Oct 2023
    1. any ideology really is a big 00:18:56 antidote to vulnerability because now we have an answer to everything and uh now we're we can justify whatever we do we don't have to be vulnerable we don't to look at the truth 00:19:10 so the ideologies are very seductive and and and they work like like the addict is in denial of the problem that he's creating for himself let alone for other people 00:19:23 that a person who is connected or addicted to an ideology will be in denial of the harm being done to themselves and particularly to others so yes i think it's useful to talk about 00:19:37 [Music] ideology as addictive
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        • any ideology really is a big antidote to vulnerability because now we have an answer to everything and now we can justify whatever we do we don't have to be vulnerable
        • we don't to look at the truth so the ideologies are very seductive and they work like the addict is in denial of the problem that he's creating for himself let alone for other people
        • a person who is connected or addicted to an ideology will be in denial of the harm being done to themselves and particularly to others so yes i think it's useful to talk about ideology as addictive