Is Everything Fair In Love And War?

Is Everything Fair In Love And War?

- Vinay Madhav

At times, ideology confuses us. Noted Kannada writer late K P Poornachandra Tejaswi had once noted: "The ideologies are mere theories, which lack practical application. For example, Karl Marx thought of Communist Manifesto. It was meant for the developed countries in Europe and industrialised countries like US, Canada and so on. Unfortunately, it was embraced in agro-economy-based countries like Russia, China, and other Scandinavian countries, destroying the social structures of those countries. This is irony.'

As long as ideologies remained personal opinion and organisational based, they never harmed a common man. However, we are living in an open communication era, where social media are connecting each of us. Everyone has right to express and the expression on social media is creating an identity for the expresser. To maintain the image of the newfound identity, the expressers have started expressing themselves more vigorously, which is countered with equal vigor by believers of of other ideologies. Unfortunately, these troll wars are not personal anymore and they are taking a toll on the common people also.

Canadian writer Jordon Peterson has put it aptly: 'To me, ideology is corrupt; it's a parasite on religious structures. To be an ideologue is to have all of the terrible things that are associated with religious certainty and none of the utility. If you're an ideologue, you believe everything that you think. If you're religious, there's a mystery left there.'

The trouble in social media world is the parasites ruling on religious structure. It is all over the world and India is no exception for it. It is not just that these ideologues either subscribe or reject faith. They also try to define structure of each faith and score over others. They also try to list out which is a faith, and which is not, even though they do not subscribe to that particular faith.