Once you master Sutton you realize that ideology is a symptom of the problem and not the problem.
Communism was about an elite keeping competitors down.
I always say that under Communism what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine.
The analogy would be “climate change” ideology today.
It is insane on its face—but the elites use it to control people, manipulate people, brainwash people.
They use it get special favors and special treatment for themselves and their corporate and/or nonprofit buddies.
Once you recognize as a tool and not the driving issue (which is wealth and power) a lot of stuff starts to make sense.
Part of why I freaked out professors was by showing that those who claimed to help the poor seemed to always get rich on their schemes.
Case in point: US Politicians, particularly (but not universally) on the Left.
I think Fani Willis exemplifies that. She gets an annual salary of around $120K, but is worth over $8 million, with an annual net revenue of $2.7 million.
It is all those stock options. And speaking events. Yeah. That's the ticket.