RABBI WEIN ON IDEOLOGY AND HUMANENESS

I think that history, both ancient and recent, proves that ideologies by their nature are rigid, oftentimes cruel, even murderous and dangerous. Devotion to a cause, no matter how noble by its very nature, places human beings in a secondary and often expendable position. When the cause is so noble and the venture so necessary and the perceived good of the fulfillment of the ideology are so attractive and mighty, then the cost to human lives and society pales in comparison.