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= Ideologism =

Consequences of an Ideology

 * One’s ideology establishes a purpose to one’s life.
 * One’s ideology provides a worldview through which one perceives and makes sense of reality, and through which one seeks harmony with the world and one’s self.
 * One’s ideology defines one’s personal identity and gives one a sense of belonging.
 * One’s ideology determines one’s moral code, and thus defines the ideals and the highest aspirations one should pursue.

Sources of Strength

 * The human being derives from his ideology the will to pursue his happiness as subjectively defined by his ideology.
 * Human beings find unity in a common and shared ideology.
 * The human being obtains strength through will and unity, and uses this strength to strive for his individual self-interest (his happiness).

Constituents of an Ideology

 * One’s ideology is not subject to one’s direct will, for will is derived from ideology.
 * The will-independent (i.e., that can not be obatined through effort) constituents that form an ideology are
 * Knowledge: Immaterial and objective knowledge, obtained solely through reason, such as mathematics and philosophy (certainty is possible), and material and subjective knowledge, obtained by submitting sense-data to reason, such as science (uncertainty is present).
 * Beliefs: Faith in an idea that gives meaning to a meaningless world; it is a response to the human spiritual needs,  which affects the immaterial ideology, with no effects on the material world.
 * Love: Passions the human being longs for.
 * One’s beliefs, love and knowledge, i.e, his ideology, are solely defined by one’s environment and experiences, over which the human being has no direct control. Human thoughts are a part and a product of the universe's unbroken chain of causality; the human being does not posses free will.

Evolution of an Ideology

 * The human being is endowed with consciousness; he has the ability to become aware of the ideology he adheres to, can put it in perspective and desire self-growth.
 * The human being can alter his ideology by acquiring knowledge, confronting foreign beliefs and discovering new passions.
 * The human being can exert an indirect control on his ideology by adopting an open mind towards the outside world and confronting reality;

Individual Freedom

 * All men and women are equal in the face the meaninglessness of the world;
 * The human being has the right to espouse whichever ideology he chooses;
 * The human being has the right to pursue his happiness as he pleases;
 * The human being has a duty to respect the individual freedom of any other human being, as his freedom stops when one’s begins (right-duty duality);