Communism is a âreason-basedâ ideology, at least originally, in that it sees itself as secular and scientific and dispassionate and based on hard economics, rather than tradition or God. I mean, yes, Marxists tend to be more keen on evoking sociological explanations for peopleâs beliefs than liberals are, but even Marxists usually believe social science is possible and even liberals admit peopleâs beliefs are distorted by bias all the time, so the difference is one of emphasis rather than fundamental commitment I think.
This isnât a defence of communism particularly. The mere fact that people claim that something is the output of reason and science doesnât mean it actually is. That goes for liberalism too.
Communism is a âreason-basedâ ideology, at least originally, in that it sees itself as secular and scientific and dispassionate and based on hard economics, rather than tradition or God. I mean, yes, Marxists tend to be more keen on evoking sociological explanations for peopleâs beliefs than liberals are, but even Marxists usually believe social science is possible and even liberals admit peopleâs beliefs are distorted by bias all the time, so the difference is one of emphasis rather than fundamental commitment I think.
This isnât a defence of communism particularly. The mere fact that people claim that something is the output of reason and science doesnât mean it actually is. That goes for liberalism too.