(Cool sign from /MEBurbs, no shade implied)
Fun quote, I get why people like it!
but ideology predates personality. First, ideology (white supremacist, cisgender, class, etc) are all tied to material structures- the same structures we are all born into (housing, healthcare, education systems, and so on). (Charles Mills-“Ideology”, “White Ignorance”; Vanessa Wills- And He Ate Jim Crow)
Second, ideology also shapes our language, concepts, family values, culture, imagination. All of which we form our personalities through.
When we say personality predates ideology, it implies that facists are all “bad apples” already. This would be comforting if true- just don’t be a bully and you can never be a facist.
But it’s not true. Facists, racists, ableists (cops!!) come in all personality types- not just as archetypical bullies.
Love this community and BleeM, but we gotta be careful using quotes from DnD games for social/political understanding- sometimes they work great, sometimes not!