Ideology is more fundamental than *just* post-hoc rationalization Mosca argued that every ruling class justifies itself with a political formula : an ideological narrative that legitimizes power. Raw force alone is unsustainable; a widely accepted narrative makes dominance appear natural. Internally, shared ideology unif... posted 6mo ago with 10 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.5 13.5 Ideology is more fun (view hidden) log in to judge received 13.5 13.5 This is exactly why material reality and ideology can't be separated. For us theorycels, they are two levels, but in practice, they interpenetrate to the point of being indistinguishable. Ideas only persist when they are enacted, and every enactment is a d... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.2 6.2 0.7 0.7 This is exactly why (view hidden) log in to judge received 6.2 6.2 0.7 0.7 Could you think of a robust argument against anthropomorphising machine intelligence? The biggest landian contention is that WTP can be raw or pure reduction of local entropy through extropy, though this is still too theorycel or abstract for me. 6mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.7 3.7 0.7 0.7 Could you think of a (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.7 3.7 0.7 0.7