Ideology (Paper #5)

Ideology is a very complex subject to understand. My best guess definition of the word ideology is the study of ideals or ideas. This study has been around for centuries appearing first in politics, and continuing today in political and social beliefs. Different ideals and ideas vary among every human on this planet which causes political and social debates. Ideology is almost always seen in a Political or Epistemological manner. There are many differences between Epistemological and Political ideologies and I have a personal set of ideals as well.

Epistemological Ideology is more focused on the study of philosophy, how humans should act and everything throughout space, the final frontier.

Political Ideology is the basis of any political association, each having their own set of ideals and beliefs on a subject. These differences in beliefs have caused the human race to take sides on every issue putting man against man, and brother against brother. This fighting of ideals can be attributed to many wars, events that led to war and the killing of millions of people over the life span of the earth. Everyone grows up different which leads one to have their own set of ideals. They will follow these ideas and fight anyone who goes against them. It is sad to see so many people fighting, when some of these “soldiers” do not even try to understand where the other group is coming from. This is the main problem because citizens are not open minded and so they only focus on their own personal beliefs even if they are wrong.

I consider my thoughts to be accepting of all information, but obviously I do not believe absurd statements. Out of all the political associations I have to affiliate myself as more of an Independent. I am on the fence post on many large debates in today’s society such as, abortion, stem cell research, taxes, etc. I try to keep an open mind, get a general understanding of the subject and I try to think about where both sides are coming from. With this technique I find myself siding with a lot of different political groups because all of my ideals are different. I believe being independent is the best way to go about politics because you get a little bit of everything and you do not get criticized as much by other parties.

Ideology is very deep in meaning and has stumped many intellectual human beings. The two main ideologies, Political and Epistemological, have been around since Homo sapiens have been able to think and question ideals. Many people spend their entire lives obsessed with pushing forward their ideals and fighting anyone who is against them. This ongoing war of ideas has caused many deaths and unfortunately it will continue to the end of man. People need to learn to fight with knowledge and not their emotions. Life is too short to be angry all the time, so try to find the common threads that bring us all together.