No, they aren’t. People genuinely believe this stuff. Just like they believe in astrology. It’s a form of magical thinking, it’s a magical political theory. The core premises being ‘liberation’… which just means being a delusional twat who thinks reality horrible and scary and the ideology helps then deny it. In other words, it’s the equivalent of a child ignore their parents requests res to do chores in the hope the parent/chores will stop asking.