Ideas do have consequences in history, yet not because those ideas are inherently truthful or obviously correct but rather because of the way they are embedded in very powerful institutions, networks, interests, and symbols.
Interpretation
Ideas influence history through their connection to powerful institutions and symbols rather than their inherent truthfulness.
This quote reflects on the role that ideas play in shaping historical events, suggesting that their impact is more about how they are integrated within established institutions and societal structures than about their objective validity. Hunter emphasizes that the strength of an idea is derived from the networks and interests that support it, highlighting the complex interplay between ideology and power in history.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the influence of propaganda in political history.
A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which historically have served as a counterweight to the moral blindness of the market. This is another example of the cultural contradictions of capitalism - the tendency over time for the economic impulse to erode the moral underpinnings of society. Mercy toward the animals in our care is one such casualty.
If you're smart or rich or lucky _x000D_ Maybe you'll beat the laws of man _x000D_ But the inner laws of spirit _x000D_ And the outer laws of nature _x000D_ No man can
If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman to have superior capacities, both actual and potential, for rationality, self-consciousness, communication and anything else that can plausibly be considered morally significant.
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure.
This is a country that was founded on racism. It was built on racism. It still continues to thrive through wealth disparity, and housing disparity is all built on the backs of racism.
One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.
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