Do Leftists Believe What They Claim To Believe?

 Do leftists believe what they say they believe? And if not, how would we know?

On key issues, the evidence shows that their positions cannot be taken at face value.

In "Barack Obama's Rules for Revolution: The Alinsky Model", David Horowitz quoted an SDS radical who wrote, "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." In other words, when the left picks an issue to demonstrate on, the issue itself is seen as a step to bigger goals.

So if you were to debate Christine Stewart on E.V.s or wind turbines, for example, you would not persuade her, because you would not be arguing against "Social justice," which is the deeper issue.

What about the issue of increasing welfare payments?

Karl Marx, who developed a whole theory of class that convinced many an idealistic adherent, actually laughed at those who believed in "That class s--." So if Marx himself didn't believe it, why write books about it?

Apart from hiding a real agenda, even when the agenda is transparent, there is what Dr. Susan Crockford calls "Noble cause corruption." The idea is that people lie to advance what they believe is a noble cause.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/07/do_leftists_believe_what_they_claim_to_believe.html