We can't red pill the normies and the lefties if we don't know how their brains works.
Our community has a ton of personal experiences with the freakiest people: strangers, friends, family members.
I think that's an untapped ocean of information that could train us to be more efficient in our red pilling: know how they think, determine what information they don't know, predict how they can handle the truth, understand how they became this way and how we can remedy those causes, etc.
For example, I once spent a vacation with a friend who relapsed into a bipolar manic episode. Then she suddenly spewed a lot of lefty "logic". Someday I hope to post that (there's too much anecdotal evidence to organize).
I've done a lot of research into the psychology of liberals vs. conservatives. The key distinction I've discovered is that liberals have much lower self-esteem. It's kind of funny because every liberal I have ever met has had low self-esteem. EVERY. ONE. OF. THEM. WITHOUT. FAIL.
They are also very self-righteous, virtue signal a lot, and are very concerned with being morally superior to others. This moral superiority actually boosts their self-esteem. It's their way of feeling better about themselves. They will fight and sometimes even die to get this self-esteem boost. This explains why they are so hell-bent on pushing leftist ideology.
Arguing with liberals is pointless because they do not use evidence, reason or common sense to draw conclusions. They draw conclusions based on what makes their self-image appear more moral and righteous.
One research study found that increasing one's self-esteem can actually turn someone who's liberal into a conservative. Self-esteem determines whether someone is right or left wing. Kind of crazy, huh?
I agree with you. When I was a lefty, I had very low self esteem, it's quite a lot better now. It's horrible being a lefty. My assertion is that they are really are victims of emotional abuse ie. gaslighting from the self deprecating ideology, and that they have somewhat of an unhealthy codependency with the ideology.
Low self-esteem can definitely stem from upbringing. Perhaps they were the child that never got attention from parents over other siblings and grew jealous. Maybe they were born uglier than their siblings. Whatever the case, they have self-hatred and insecurities that leads them to express their hate onto others who have it better than them.
That's why you'll see liberals naturally hate anyone who is rich, good-looking, successful, etc. But they wouldn't hate on someone who is weak, ugly, or poor. It's because these unsuccessful people do not hurt their self-esteem or make them feel insecure.
It's great that you have found a functional way to raise your self-esteem. Most people cannot do this and are stuck in a perpetual cycle of virtue signaling to boost their esteem. However, the boost is always fleeting. I believe the best way to raise your self-esteem is through real accomplishments.