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I like the way this article begins by saying that faith goes beyond belief. This is a big improvement over the work of [[Richard Dawkins]], who writes faith off as "belief without evidence", but does not point out that true faith means more than that, as [[Paul Tillich]] notes in "The New Being". I wonder whether this article should include reference to the meaning of the word "confidence". Confidence means "with faith", coming from the Latin words "con" (with) and "fideo" (faith). [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 11:56, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
I like the way this article begins by saying that faith goes beyond belief. This is a big improvement over the work of [[Richard Dawkins]], who writes faith off as "belief without evidence", but does not point out that true faith means more than that, as [[Paul Tillich]] notes in "The New Being". I wonder whether this article should include reference to the meaning of the word "confidence". Confidence means "with faith", coming from the Latin words "con" (with) and "fideo" (faith). [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 11:56, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
:Thank you for your terrific suggestion! Please edit the entry as you think best.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 12:54, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
:Thank you for your terrific suggestion! Please edit the entry as you think best.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 12:54, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
== Title ==
"Deep cultural madness" ("DCM") is a condition of mind that is created by long-term immersion in thought patterns consisting of rational arguments based on non-empirical conceptions of reality to construct a change-resistant political and social ideology, often fundamentally dystopian in nature. The strength of DCM is its ability to join partially or entirely untrue characterizations of reality with an individual's predisposition toward fear, anger and helplessness, which induces an emotionally-based conviction of truth in the absence of factual integrity. Because DCM is rationalistic rather than empirical, it tends to repulse new information, and therefore is not self-correcting. The dystopian character of most DCM is expressed in an aggressive, intolerant and amoral political ideology. Because it is protected by an interlocking system of self-proving rationalizations, exposure to opposing viewpoints tends to increase, rather than reduce, DCM.
The most extreme example of widespread DCM in recent times was Germany during the 1930's. Rationalizations based on a false cultural narrative, the maligning of ethnic minorities, promotion of gender stereotyping, distortion of economic and political data, and an intensive propaganda campaign convinced enough Germans to tolerate the rise of Nazism that the party was able to seize power and enforce one of the most violent and destructive political regimes in world history. This period ended with the Second World War and more than 50 million military and civilian dead. DCM has been a growing problem in the United States, arising as it has in response to the success of the Civil Rights movement and the sexual revolutions of the past 70 years, and fueled by a cultural backlash against new laws and cultural expectations that seek to advance racial and gender equality. Although not quite comparable to the cultural shaming that led to Nazism in Germany, the causes of the so-called "conservative" backlash have some similarities with the German experience, insofar as the impetus today seems to be a kind of resentment at being thought of as "deplorable" for one's cultural attitudes, just as Germans resented being blamed for causing the First World War. The difference, of course, is that it was not really true that Germany caused the First World War, whereas the racism and sexism that "conservatives" may feel righteously entitled to express and defend in the United States today are, in fact, shameful.