Leftism is no more an ideology than picking pockets. It's just a collection of tactics for robbing others. That's why it is useless to point out their hypocrisies, or to wreck your head trying to understand it as a coherent morality. If it gets them their way, it is good.
It's people who would never get anything in a world based off merit stealing so that they don't starve to death.
It's a bit more than that. It's also a strategy for rationalizing and justifying your weakness and cowardice. Once of my favorite quotes:
The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly. - Robert Anton Wilson
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