content: I don't think the left is intentionally insane or anything like that, I think that is all legitimately believed. It's just that the left gains more and more power and of course are going to use it to enact their agendas, though the further they push their agenda the more people are pushed away. As a result their power, and eventually any group that amasses power, ends up creating a larger, stronger, and more determined rebellion.  For a practical example, there may be people that were in favor of blacks being allowed to vote, but disagreed with desegregation. Or in more modern time people that were fine with gay marriage but find this tranny pushing as unacceptable. Of course, the left is in favor of all of these so it works towards those goals, but as it succeeds more and more people oppose it.  There probably is also money coming from somewhere, or will be soon. Could be from rich white people with enough foresight to fear for their children's future or a foreign country that thinks the US is ripe for rebellion and wishes to weaken a strong foreign power. To clarify, not necessarily violent. Whatever you feel about Trump his election was a bit of a rebellion.  These things combined lead to an increase in counter-narrative ideas being pushed and people who oppose the current ideology will pick from another one being presented. The censoring and demonetization in all forms is an attempt to prevent opposing ideas from surfacing. So the views most of us have are probably not a "brief accidental pulling back of the curtain" but a combination of being pushed too far and having better alternative ideas being presented. Other contributors are a new generation of people and demographic change. One final thing, the left may not see itself as insane not only because it generally believes what it pushes but also because it creates hugboxes. If everyone who disagrees with the leftist narrative is banned from twitter then when some actress tweets out "FUCK WHITEY" and gets nothing but praise, she thinks that's what the people want. Assuming she is not political herself.