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An ideologue \u2014 one who thinks ideologically \u2014 can\u2019t lose. \u00a0He can\u2019t lose because his answer, his interpretation and his attitude have been determined in advance of the particular experience or observation. \u00a0They are derived from the ideology, and not subject to the facts.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 An ideologue \u2014 one who thinks ideologically \u2014 can\u2019t lose. \u00a0He can\u2019t lose because his answer, his interpretation and his attitude have been determined in advance of the particular experience or observation. \u00a0They are derived from the ideology, and not subject to the facts. James Burnham \u00a0 Posted from Newport Beach, California \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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