Most activists on the left believe every action is a "purposeful" action by some knowing entity. As they do not believe in God, they believe any action which produces an outcome they do not like is the result of an evil individual or conspiracy planning and creating the action.
Hence: Conservatives believe Progressives are people with bad ideas. Progressives believe Conservatives are bad people with ideas.
You made an excellent point yesterday about commies turning into fascists.
It has left me wonderi8ng when they are planning to close the border and actually give a hoot about our nation’s industry.