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Basically it is a cult mentality. And dogmatically placing ideology over reality. Ideology puts things in nice clean boxes that people think they find easy to understand.
The problem with ideology is its ideal. But not real. It's why I don't dogmatically identify as anything ideologically. Pragmatically I'm anarcho communist/ true or left libertarian. It's where my beliefs lay but it doesn't define or restrict them.
ML often just lack critical thinking skills. And are as hypocritical as the liberals they curse. But they don't do it because it's logical or based in fact. They do it to belong to a group and feel superior. Just like those they despise.
Funny story. Couple days ago I was commenting on a thread in a community. I didn't even pay attention to where the community was hosted. (Lemmy.ml lol) But people were complaining about the West, and how it is completely fascist. And how only the West does horrible things like genocide etc. To which I replied 'Russia and China would like to have a word with you". Predictably they screeeed that they "aren't Marxist Leninist". Which I pointed out that they had been. And that their evolution was representative of ML. That any groups, given absolute power. Would rather destroyed their societies than relinquish it. Whether they're capitalist or ML. And stated that no ML government will achieve communism, or even remain socialist. Bam perma ban for "horse shoe theory" bullshit. That's when I realized the server the community was on and broke out laughing. I take the band as a badge of honor. Previously I had been banned from the same Community for a month. The made up reason for that one was genocide denial. Because I had the audacity to admonish people for conflating actual genocide with enabling genocide. I didn't deny it. But as I said. ML are whiny hypocrites. Who can't argue their own positions. And look for any petty out they can find.