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2137d · Communism
Communism and socialism is cancer to freedom.
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ideologies are nothing but ink on paper, they cannot do any harm. It's the violence in people that causes harm and the ideology is used as an excuse.
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Would be true if leaders didn't commonly justify their crimes by misconstruing and manipulating ideologies. E.g. the Crusades, Cold War and Holocaust started as "harmless" ideologies
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Tyrants use ideology to rule masses. Take Fidel Castro who's originally opposed to communism but changed when he saw opportunity. But on itself ideology does nothing, its ink on paper.
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That might be true for most, but in the past ideologies that push the harm or censorship of citizens have been incredibly destructive. E.g. book burning, eugenics, slavery, fascism...
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It's not necessary to ban their study, but populations should 1st be taught how they caused societal backslides, stunted long-term growth and widespread, recurring violence in the past
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if you turn it around, would all these violent ideologie have ground if everybody believes in the non-aggression principle? If not, what causes it?