I find that focusing on the self-consciously online left really skews your perception of the world. Like these people aren't really political any more than we are here. It's all a social club, it can be fun and educational but its a warped view of both the world and politics. My experience in the real world is that things are much better than the image of the world that the online Kaleidescope conveys. People are generally good warts and all, and it takes a great deal of effort by the ruling class to push people into doing bad things. Just look at the sheer amount of bullshit thet have to fund to get people to believe the anti social shit they do.