Every society needs to be bound together by a common value system,  and pursue a certain goal. In the absence of moral and value coordinates and a goal, it might happen what we face in Armenia today. In his inauguration in 2018, the incumbent Prime Minister announced that he has no "-isms", that is, he does not accept any ideologies. He probably inherited that idea from independent Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, his  former teacher and now his political opponent, who had also declared that 'the national ideology is a false category.'

And what is the political ideology intended for? First of all, it is to unite the masses for the stated political goals, social ideas and values ​​that push people to action. Human society cannot create socium without general ideas and aspirations. By the example of Armenia, we see that people have become rancorous and intolerant of each other because they have nothing to do with each other anymore. It happened as a consequence of declaring ideology - common value system and common goals - a "false category."

Religion used to play that role. After the French Revolution of the 18th century, political theorists were seeking to understand what would replace religion. When one of the fathers of the revolution, Voltaire, was forced by his guests to finally answer whether or not there was God, Voltaire closed the windows and doors and whispered that there was no God, but he asked to keep it a secret, because if his lackey knew about it, the latter could slaughter and rob him at night, and his wife  could live an immoral life.

Voltaire, of course, expressed his concern in a slightly exaggerated, theatrical way, but if we read between the lines, we could understand his really deep thoughts. If there was no fear of supernatural power, what would restrain the instincts of people? And it is impossible to build a society without restraining people’s instincts.  People should be given hope, purpose, impetus for joint action and fear in case their violation. After the French Revolution, political theories were formulated: liberalism, communism, conservatism, etc. Social science developed, other theories of nationalism and social unification emerged, which turned into ideologies of building societies. As we see, human societies cannot avoid "-isms".

In the 90s we had a common idea - it was the goal of the liberation of Artsakh, which united us and, for that purpose, restrained our instincts. When that idea started to be shaken, long before the war, it turned out that we did not have any common goal. In our enemy country, Azerbaijan, another process was initiated. The idea of ​​a "Turkish world" was preached there, which opened great prospects for their people. It had turned into a state policy and ideology in Azerbaijan. They were preparing for war for a great common cause. We saw the result of the lack of our ideology and the existence of their ideology during the war.

The well-known American theorist Hannah Arendt of Jewish origin believed that ideologies are created, refined and defended, first of all, as a political weapon, and not as a theoretical concept. In the last war in Artsakh, we were "disarmed", in contrast to our enemy.