Utopianism and idealism have long plagued the left, as Marx and Engels pointed out a century and a half ago. But these days, the leftists are tilting at wind...
This is actually quite good; addresses the western left's obsession with purity and martyrdom without producing a single useful result.
They were even more idiotic than modern brainworms, but massive disillusionment with old society really helped.
There was literally a joke about it:
Who you support: Bolsheviks or Communists?
I support the International!
Disillusionment? We've got that. :marx-joker:
Not nearly the same level.