@PonyPanda @sickburnbro I don’t think they were, but I think leftism had more spirit back then.
They were willing to wage a low-level war that would make modern terrorism look like nothing. I mean back in the day they assasinated heads of state. I think there was more belief in the ideas. Whether they were truly in their hearts evil or not is hard to tell looking back. I think a lot of them were more sincere even if a lot of their ideas were bad.