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[–] Gorilladrums 1 points 1 year ago

All the ideologies that promise a utopia like Marxism, Fascism, various theocracies, etc always end in violence, tyranny, and a lot deaths. The ideologies that end up being peaceful and productive are the ones that don't promise anything, but instead they offer guidelines and a framework to work by. Ideologies that are pragmatic, decentralized, and emphasize a few key values like individual liberty, societal welfare, and justice tend like liberalism and social democracy tend do well. There will never be a perfect ideology, but there's a clear distinction between the good ones and the bad ones.