“Environmentalism is a dangerous ideology endangering human freedom.” HumansDangerousIdeologyEnvironmentalismHuman Freedom Author:Vaclav Klaus
“It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre that we've seen since the beginning of time.” IdeasEnemyImpossibleDangerousCreatingIdealsMurderIdeologyDangerous ThingsMassacres Author:Michael Haneke
“What distinguishes us humans from animals is our conscience. Once our conscience is gone we lose our humanness. Without conscience, humans can be far more dangerous than beasts. Beasts kill for food, humans kill for ideology. Beasts kill just enough to eat. Humans can kill endlessly.” HumansEnoughLosesAnimalGoneDangerousConscienceIdeologyBeastHumanness Author:Ali Sina
“The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny. Other ideologies can be challenged with evidence and reason, but religion is allowed a pass by most people. And that's why it's especially dangerous.” PeopleReasonValuesBeliefPerfectDangerousEvidenceToolsIdeologyIrrationalMisogynyPromotingIrrationalityIrrational Beliefs Author:Amanda Marcotte
“But the 20th century suffered "two" ideologies that led to genocides. The other one, Marxism, had no use for race, didn't believe in genes and denied that human nature was a meaningful concept. Clearly, it's not an emphasis on genes or evolution that is dangerous. It's the desire to remake humanity by coercive means (eugenics or social engineering) and the belief that humanity advances through a struggle in which superior groups (race or classes) triumph over inferior ones.” BelieveHumansMeanTwoUseDesireHumanityBeliefSocialRaceClassStruggleGroupsCenturyDangerousHuman NatureEvolutionConceptsMeaningfulSuperiorsIdeologyTriumphGenocideDeniedGenesEngineeringInferiors20th CenturyEmphasisMarxismEugenicsRemakesSocial Engineering Author:Steven Pinker
“I don't think Trump is a deeply self-aware person. But he's absolutely off the charts as a narcissist. He is the consummate narcissistic salesman. He is in fact a sick man. And that's potentially very dangerous. The only positive thing about Trump is that he has no ideology, he is an empty vessel, surrounded by people who give him ideas, and it only matters which ideas will shine the light on Trump.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingDangerousEmptySickShiningIdeologyVesselNarcissisticSalesmanNarcissist Author:John Dean