1. Ideology is a belief system that can influence the structure or development of different groups of people. For example, Abortion is an ideology amongst woman/ feminist. Some woman believe that abortion should be illegal while others believe that it should not be legal. This ideology can come from there individual beliefs through religion and personal experience.
  2. Conservative ideology supports individual rights while liberal ideology supports multiple groups of people and wants everyone to be equal. The big difference between conservatives and liberals is that conservatives care more about liberty while liberals care more about equality. Conservatives believe that the government poses a threat to their liberty so they want to reduce spending towards the government and focus more on individual values and social issues. Liberals believe that the government can solve problems and boost equality so they increase taxes and regulations to benefit minorities. They believe that we spend more than enough on the military so the budget should be cut for necessary social programs.
  3. Althusser’s definition of ideology is a belief system that is needed to maintain order amongst groups of people through status quo. An example would be school. School teaches you to follow a schedule and theirs a lot of discipline and correction when you fail to obey the schedule given by the authority. This type of system trains you to be respective and to respect your authority and to avoid rebellion.

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