{"id":11246,"date":"2025-09-07T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/?p=11246"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:11:49","slug":"ei-ei-moe-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/2025\/09\/07\/ei-ei-moe-ideology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ei Ei Moe – Ideology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. For me, ideology means a group of ideas or values that explain how people think about life, politics, or society. It is like a guide that shapes people\u2019s opinions and actions. Example: Some people believe strongly in democracy and freedom, and that belief guides their political choices. So I see ideology as something that gives people direction in how they live and what they support.\n
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    1. The main difference between liberals and conservatives in U.S. politics is how they see progress. Liberals usually want more equality and government programs to help people. Conservatives usually want smaller government and prefer traditional values.
      Example: Liberals may support gay marriage and stronger climate laws, while conservatives may want to protect traditional marriage and focus less on government rules for businesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Althusser explained ideology as something built into our daily life that makes us act in certain ways without always knowing it. It is not just personal opinion, but part of how society is organized.
      Example: The church teaches people about morality and faith, and this shapes how people live their lives. That shows ideology working in real life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10899,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-board-3-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11247,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11246\/revisions\/11247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}