It seems to be a truism at this point that leftism is about arrogance, judgmentalism, and control. The Democrat party is now the terrain of out-of-touch urban elites and the welfare underclass they treat as pets. Everyone else is inferior and must bow to them, because of course they are the only ones brilliant and good enough to create a “brave new world.”
They don’t have to debate actual ideas and evidence, because slandering and shutting up their opponents are all that’s needed when they are sure of their own “superiority.” (And, let’s face it, they already know they lose fair and open debates—demonizing half the population is so much easier.)
True with the exception of the out-of-touch elites — they’re intentionally facilitating the downfall.