They were all backed by billionaires like the Koch brothers. They don’t make their own judgments. They believe what they are told by those they trust.

Leftists are like cats. Try getting them to move as a group, I dare you. This is the core of the problem. Ironically individualist intellectualism breeds weakness by discouraging team work.

They tend to be willing to die on their individual hills rather than build coalitions that require compromising their values.