Blog #6

1. Slavoj Žižek has a great point when he speaks about ideology. His interpretation of it is that its a spontaneous kind of lens that we see through that distorts reality in real time to show us things in ways that go along with our beliefs. He uses an example from the movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” to use as an example of how the glasses that the main character finds show the underlying message on ads and money and even people who have been taken over by the body snatchers. This differs from how most people think about ideology being a belief system that people believe and refuse to listen to anything that opposes it. Slavoj’s description talks about a kind of lens that in real time will literally distort how you see things based on your ideology.
2. When Žižek talks about escaping into our dreams being within ideology and how he defines ideology, he is trying to explain that even when people think they have escaped their ideology, they are still being affected by it. It doesn't just go away with a sudden discovery, it's like a belief system that has to become completely unlearned.
3. I think growing up in my house I was influenced a lot by my parents political views, and until I got older and was able to experience more of our systems and have my own thoughts and opinions I was heavily perceiving the world in my parents point of view and dogmatic ideas. I think my mom is quick to judge and I picked that up from her from a young age, which took several years to unlearn as a behavior and belief. My parents haven't been rich my whole life but they have always been comfortable, which i think will cause you to see reality from a different perspective and different way than if my parents had been poor all my life. Another way I could have some ideological  thinking is just the friends and people i am around on a daily basis. No matter what, people that you spend time with will rub off on you and you might share some opinions and ideologies with them.