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Igel

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1. The theorists are seldom able to be honest about the problem.
Fri May 8, 2020, 09:20 PM
May 2020

If you can't define the problem, you can't solve the problem. What happens is all the makeshift means of dealing with the situation as best as we can are swept away by a theory wrapped around an ideology.

When ideologues do not achieve their goal, they must choose: Either their ideology was wrong or the people implementing their ideology were wrong. If the implementers were wrong, it could be accidental or intentional. Eventually "accidental" is ruled out. Takes a decade or two to determine this, then things get truly nasty.

The ideological could be political, religious, or some other variety. It always ends badly if the ideology isn't cast down.

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