IDEOLOGY AND OBJECTIVE REALITY Fanatic ideologies act as defense mechanisms, distorting reality and hiding the truth. Ideology influences the perception of facts, justifies violence and totalitarianism, and obstacles the search for truth, highlighting its duality as a tool of power and limitation. Ideology is an intellectual, practical and moral dispensation. It allows ideologists to abstain from truth and effectiveness, allowing outspoken the consolidation of power. Of course censorship is exercised and propaganda is used, distorting information. The inability of many "devots" to accept objective facts and their preference for ideological theories demonstrates a lack of intellectual curiosity and a inclination to ignorance. There is always a healthy questioning of our beliefs