Ideology is based on core tenets. Those concepts are either correct or incorrect. However, they are not usually "provable". Further, they are generally in contrast with what is considered right or wrong in some other ideology.
In politics, for example, there are numerous ideologies in contention at all times. Group A is "right" and must enforce their views upon groups B-Z. logically, groups B though Z can be substituted for A and iterated through for a more expansive, exhaustive, and redundant list of how ideological contention predicated on "right" or "correct" begins to lose it's sure standing as actually being "right" or "correct".
However, the larger point is that they are ALL right when analyzed from a specific perspective and filtered with the word IF.
The most obvious example would be pro life vs pro choice.
IF life begins at conception, then pro life is correct. pro choice simply has no argument that choice displaces killing.
IF life begins at the first breath, then pro choice is correct in that there is no life to kill, hence the fetus is simply an extension of the bearers body.
Nearly every political point that is used to divide the population in argument is based on an IF. We even vote under the assumption that IF this election is fair, my vote will be counted. Further, we vote with the presumption that IF this candidate gets elected, he/she will or will not generate some specific change or stability.
However, people seldom consider that IF the thing that they base their assumption on is incorrect, that they are promoting a false cause. To this point, we are all subject becoming the "sheep" or "useful idiots" of those that provide said information.
Consider how many opinions are dictated, directly or otherwise, by various media. In the most popular case, "Mainstream Media" feeds populations with specific information at a specific pace. To a growing extent, alternate media feeds populations with information contrary to mainstream. More often than not, those bits of information are inconsistent with each other.
Which is right? How can we know? Simply put, those with power and influence do have the ability to rewrite history. The average person will never be truly "in the know" and will react and respond to those things in media which resonate with them. Every person on this planet is subjected to information that cannot be personally verified each day. Every person on this planet makes some sort of decision about those bits of information. We chose to make them true or false.
Furthermore, debating is not about finding the truth. Debate is about beating your opponent with words and ideas with no regard to fact. Debate winners are often supporting the fact of weaker stance with better performance.
The next time we stand up and claim to know something, we should realize that we do not honestly know enough truth about the situation to know anything. Our knowledge is predicated upon the IF that we base out truth...
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