Behind every ideological move is a rich man trying to get richer. That is to say, ideology may do some heavy lifting, but the buy-in to actually translate that

Behind every ideological move is a rich man trying to get richer. That is to say, ideology may do some heavy lifting, but the buy-in to actually translate that to action requires a profit motive. Reading current events is a whole lot easier once you disabuse yourself of the idea that everything happens for a reason.