There was a book I read some time ago... Hitler's Willing Executioners, that describes the mindset and character you have noted with many leftists...
An engrossing read if you have the time and the best way to start to get an understanding on the radical leftist mindset that infects many of our youth and how with a created mass popularity cult, severe economic downturn, a created scapegoat and a brainwashed youth the unthinkable can become terrible reality...
