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Originally Posted by Anh_Minh
I'd say most people aren't that structured to start with.
In everyday life, there's no need for ideology beyond that presented in this video. That and a dash of "I want more money" is enough for a lot of people, atheists or not. |
Most people are not particularly political, but they have certain basic beliefs and ideas formed by some particular world view or ideology. Things like "People should be equal", "people should look after themselves", "people are usually nice" or "people are inherently sinful".
The average apolitical person will have such beliefs, but he is only apolitical because he doesn't care to think about them too much, or argue with others about it. But those beliefs do shape his or her behaviour. There are very few people who lack a "world view" or "ideology" which informs them about how the world works (or is supposed to work).
These "world views" are often taken from either a religion or some kind of secular ideology.