Nietzschean Audience Capture

We are attracted to the philosophy that serves our natural biases and will misinterpret it to suit our ideological ends and achieve our goals. And yet, our beliefs are malleable if there is something more to be gained by following the needs of our followers. We seek approval and validation above integrity.

Read, learn how to understand, and compare and contrast various philosophical works. Understand them in a broader, deeper context and learn from experts. When you know, make your ideas your own and create new ones.

Ideology refers to a set of beliefs or doctrines that back certain social institutions or a particular organization.

In other words, ideology aims to change the world, whereas philosophy aims to seek the truth.
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(Almost any philosophy can be hijacked like this. It’s really not that hard. Examples come to mind without having to try. Every Marxist would claim that at least one of the communist regimes of the last century had twisted the philosophy in a way to promote selfish goals. Utilitarianism can be used to argue that every action imaginable is for the greater good. It might go without saying that the Bible has been used to justify pretty much everything; slavery, abolitionism, war, peace, and so on ad infinitum.
The real thing you should take away from this story is how easy it was to do it. Elizabeth Förster-Nietzsche was able to pull it off without understanding the ideas involved; all she had was the proper legal rights and some convenient events working for her. All of it happened despite Nietzsche’s friends objecting to it, and people who had lectured on his works before he went mad did nothing. It could happen to any school of thought, and that should terrify you. Always make sure you get the full story before you make any decisions, philosophically speaking.)
https://bigthink.com/thinking/how-the-nazis-hijacked-nietzsche-and-how-it-can-happen-to-anybody/

What is audience capture?
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/audience-capture-when-doctors-follow-their-followers/

https://literariness.org/2017/05/04/key-theories-of-friedrich-nietzsche/
https://academic.oup.com/book/12194/chapter-abstract/161644780
https://www.insider.com/popular-conspiracy-theories-united-states-2019-5#some-people-in-idaho-say-the-government-is-poisoning-them-with-chemicals-19
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/how-the-biggest-fraud-in-german-history-unravelled
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