Whether religion was ultimately the “cause of the crusades” is debatable, but it was the reason used to sell it to the masses. Surely a similar scenario could occur in the “blue vs green” debate outlined above.
It seems to me that ideology is usually just the justification for actions intended to produce material results.
The ideology wants material results, though, so how do you separate them?
Whether religion was ultimately the “cause of the crusades” is debatable, but it was the reason used to sell it to the masses. Surely a similar scenario could occur in the “blue vs green” debate outlined above.
The ideology wants material results, though, so how do you separate them?