party line
Shared phone connection
A party line is the official position of a political party or organization that members are expected to support: He refused to toe the party line on immigration.
The term suggests conformity over independent judgment.
Separately, a party line was a telephone circuit shared by multiple households—each could hear the others' calls, making privacy impossible.
Telephone routing panel
- operatorOne who works machinery
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
dial · busy signal · call waiting · subscriber · extension · receiver · handset · eavesdrop
Structured belief framework
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- canonAccepted authoritative works
propaganda · official stance · talking points · creed · catechism · sectarianism · fundamentalism · doctrinaire
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- lockstepRigid synchronized movement
- dissentDisagreement with authority
deviation · loyalty test · peer pressure · consensus · unanimity · brainwashing · sheeple · social proof
Raised flat structure
- agendaFormal discussion list
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- plankFlat timber piece
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
position · talking points · directive · decree · measure · governance · legislation · regulation
switchboard
Telephone routing panel
- operatorOne who works machinery
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- landlineStationary wired telephone
rotary · dial · busy signal · call waiting · subscriber · extension · receiver · handset · eavesdrop · telephone booth
ideology
Structured belief framework
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
canon · propaganda · official stance · talking points · creed · catechism · sectarianism · fundamentalism · doctrinaire · indoctrination
groupthink
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- lockstepRigid synchronized movement
dissent · deviation · loyalty test · peer pressure · consensus · unanimity · brainwashing · sheeple · social proof · bandwagon
platform
Raised flat structure
stance · position · talking points · directive · decree · measure · governance · legislation · regulation · reform
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Soviet EraUSSR, Soviet Union, Soviet rule, CCCP, Eastern Bloc
- parliamentparliament, bills, votes, vote, debate
party lineindependent thought
Self-directed reasoning
original thought · nonconformity · dissent · critical thinking · heterodoxy
party linedissent
Disagreement with authority
heresy · dissenting opinion · off-message · deviation · apostasy
line, party, partisan, partition, bipartisan, partying, parties, partied, nonpartisan