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What does it mean?
Ideology is often perceived as something others possess rather than what we hold.
In plain terms
We think only others have ideology.
What can you take from it?
Bias hides your own ideology.

Where it applies

  • debate
  • social analysis
  • personal reflection

Putting it to work

  • check your biases
  • analyze opponents

Questions to consider

  • Do you have an ideology?
  • Why do we blame others?

Another view

It relies on a metaphor that oversimplifies ideology.

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