Mostly the latter, but a bit of both. Leftism is violence instead of voluntaryism and most leftists are consciously aware of that and they like it because it feels like power to them. So those people are vile right off the bat. Leftists hide their blood lust and power lust (libido dominandi) behind the degree of separation that is the state apparatus. They advocate for government goons to do the dirty work for them.
Some naive people may not realize this set up and believe that people siccing the police dogs on civilian competition actually is somehow for the common good. These naive people join the leftist tribe and are soon subjected to a shit ton of communist propaganda about how the ends justify the means, and the people then rationalize vileness.
Mostly the latter, but a bit of both. Leftism is violence instead of voluntaryism and most leftists are consciously aware of that and they like it because it feels like power to them. So those people are vile right off the bat. Leftists hide their blood lust and power lust (libido dominandi) behind the degree of separation that is the state apparatus. They advocate for government goons to do the dirty work for them.
Some naive people may not realize this set up and believe that people siccing the police dogs on civilian competition actually is somehow for the common good. These naive people join the leftist tribe and are soon subjected to a shit ton of communist propaganda about how the ends justify the means, and the people then rationalize vileness.