  There is not enough space here to examine each of these. One example should suffice. It was shown earlier that the purpose of dialectical or negative thinking was to reveal social contradictions and demand the overcoming of those contradictions through social change. One-dimensional thinking smoothes over these contradictions and makes them invisible. A form of ideology is put in place where the oppressed identifies with the oppressor.  People feel a sense of unity simply because they watch the same TV programs, or support the same sport teams. In politics, vague terms are used such as "the American people" or "the American way of life" to hide the very different ways that people in America actually experience America. The American way of life differs greatly between rich and poor Americans. 