Reason or Appetite?

It has never happened that a ruling class reviews, all the way to its deepest roots, the ideology on which it rests, if it is not forced to.

— Augusto Del Noce (@AugustoDelNoce) November 26, 2020

Is it more likely that a tryannical regime errs first not in the reason but in the appetite?

CL NYE 2020 What Can Free Us From Ideology?

CWR: Pope Francis and Ideology by Eduardo Echeverria

It is unfortunate that the Holy Father’s overall emphasis on legalism is such that he never addresses the antithesis of legalism, namely, antinomianism, leaving us with a lopsided picture of contemporary culture.