Assumptions that spring from dominant ideologies are particularly hard to uncover, precisely because these ideologies are everywhere, so common as to be thought blindingly obvious and therefore not worthy of being the object of sustained questioning. These are the paradigmatic assumptions described earlier. Ideologies are the sets of beliefs and practices that are accepted by the majority as commonsense ways of organizing the world. Some of them operate at macro-levels, such as the assumption that majority vote democracy is the decision-making system that most fairly meets the most important needs of the majority. Others operate at micro levels, such as the assumption that a secret vote gives the most accurate result, or that an action supported by a majority vote has the greatest legitimacy and is therefore the one that should be followed.