Consciousness is a false term that is thrown around a lot in political science, but what does it really mean and what does it imply? False consciousnesses are essentially any ideas or beliefs or thoughts that are inconsistent with the reality of the ideological situation, which is nevertheless organized by reason and accepted by citizens. Although usually applied to Marxism, false consciousness is not a term that originated with Karl Marx. However, he has progressed from the followers and practitioners of his ideas class struggle. Specifically in the context of early Marxist revolutions, the term false consciousness was developed to refer to the fact that the profit worker could not see how he was being exploited because the ruling class ruled social system and created a false illusion among the working class that the situation had become natural. Lenin and others argued that more and more people could be shown what they had come to believe that natural economic social development had actually been manipulated by the ruling elite, so that they were oppressed and unaware that the fervor of revolution could be instilled. among the masses
Lenin, however, saw that the working-class”>working class were so successfully organized that the awareness of the existence of this false consciousness would result in the only a reformist reaction to the existing economic state rather than a full-scale revolutionary movement, which was necessary to pull down the barriers of the existing system. For this to happen, the workers needed to be led by new leaders , who believe themselves to be better suited to know what is best for the workers than for the working class itself. There is an element of truth in that. It is also true that the adoption of the concept of false consciousness has led to a lack of true inquiry into the ideas of the workers. In other words, it is a temptation to dismiss all ideas and opinions from the working class as useless, because they are all received under fiction.
In recent decades, you have seen a movement away from the acceptance of false consciousness. In its place was the adoption of the concept of travel. Hegemony is similar to false consciousness in that it still accepts the idea of a ruling class through the very system of false belief from ruling through culture and institutions. The government can be witnessed in the United States perpetuating the myth that the man who holds the oval office is worthy of such ideas. simply by virtue of the office he holds. Or the CEO. Nor is anyone in power. It is an example of domination by consent. The prevailing opinion of most Americans is that we should consistently trust our leaders because they hold a position of leadership, not because they have done anything to deserve trust or respect. The compulsion is very subtle, but incredibly powerful. how powerful Well, most major polls have repeatedly shown that Americans don’t trust most politicians of either party. There are jokes and suspicions and most of them are so stupid that they don’t even bother to vote. According to the polls, there is no politician in America who can be trusted. That’s what the polls say, anyway, when asked in general. It is clear: all politicians are crooks and liars.
So why did 88% of Americans back the invasion of Iraq? Why did Americans agree to support President Bush incompetently following the 9/11 attacks? Because we are taught to believe in duty, not man. George W. Bush has never done anything in his life that 88% of Americans would consider worthy of their trust. No one has a politician. But as the slogan was drawn to the edge of the cliff, 88% of Americans accepted without a doubt that because he was the President, he deserved our support, whatever his opinion might be.
Of course, considering that 53% of those 88% of Americans now view things very differently, perhaps going back to the idea of breaking through the false consciousness and seeing the reality behind the construct.
