I think they believed in the socialist project more broadly, but they weren't as ideological as this woman seems to be. I think they were socialists because of what socialism could do for them rather than champions of the revolutionary cause or whatever.
As someone living in a hellstate, the idea that average people would just get onboard with socialism because it's cool and good and beneficial is like....
As someone living in a hellstate, the idea that average people would just get onboard with socialism because it's cool and good and beneficial is like....![waow-based waow-based](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/28cbfecc-9235-4af4-beee-fb3a86ef03b6.png)