There's no nice way to say this, but I've seen two of the worst premium-mediocre dudes scuttle under Big Ideology for cover after fucking up their lives in completely predictable ways.
We're supposed to act like Big Ideology must be engaged with on its own principles, but in the long run we're going to have to admit that its passion and fervor provide social camouflage for failed dudes with very normal, quotidian failures.
Again, when you KNOW that the dude hiding under Big Ideology is disappointed in himself and others, you can easily discern which parts of the rationalization are motivated by lower, unprincipled feelings.
After that, you can't look at Big Ideology the same way. It all feels thin and acrid.
Of course I'm not talking about your Big Ideology. Your Big Ideology is great and obviously true.
I'm talking about the evil outgroup Big Ideology.
One of the most scarcely appreciated virtues of Outgroup Demagogue is that he fucking rails on this shit. There's no Big Ideology excuses with Outgroup Demagogue. And it sounds so awesome to every person who's had to politely tolerate the miserable excuses and face-saving from high-fallutin' failures hiding inside Big Ideology. He just rips their asses.
He's a pathetic failure himself. But at least he doesn't act like a moralist about it -- he's just an obvious hypocrite. What a relief.