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In class we have been speaking about Ideologies. I have decided to use the Jonestown Tragedy as an example to show how people who really believe in something, even though it might seem like a good thing, a good idea, something great to live by and work toward - how that thing can actually be a bad thing in the end. Remember what we said:
An ideology is something, a belief or set of beliefs that disempowers the believer, while making the believer satisfied with his or her disempowerment.
In Jonestown - 913 people believed in something so much that they convinced themselves that suicide was the best and only option for them! Seems crazy doesnt it? But remember what Marx said: "Religion is the opiate of the masses"? Watch this video and think about how it relates to what we have been talking about.