They learned that from the Democrat play book.
The Dems learned it from Karl Marx.
Dunno who Marx got it from ... perhaps he concocted a twisted version of it from ‘The Art of War’ by Sun Tsu (sp?)
I think Karl pulled it out of his rancid butt.
There’s a ton of “rationalize belief systems” all self-referencing. Islam, Truhers, Cultists of every stripe.
There’s something appealing in having “all” the answers to the weak of mind.
Obviously, from Machievelli, especially, “The Prince” - his guidebook on how to gain and maintain power - brutally and deceptively as needed.
More likely the Marxists got it from Islam. The Moslem arguments predate Marx by a few centuries.