he was doing exactly what their political ideology encouraged and allowed him to do
Most people don’t consciously have an explicit political ideology. They have an assortment of things they do or do not like and will call themselves whatever their favorite talking head (or the status quo if it is working well for them) describes themselves as
That talking head is usually chosen based on which of the collection of likes/dislikes the person finds most important
This is what Zizek calls a Pure Ideology. One in which there is no self-reflection to align ones values with an ideology that actually has those values. Instead the material conditions of the world around them make it impossible for them to do so.
Most people don’t consciously have an explicit political ideology. They have an assortment of things they do or do not like and will call themselves whatever their favorite talking head (or the status quo if it is working well for them) describes themselves as
That talking head is usually chosen based on which of the collection of likes/dislikes the person finds most important
This is what Zizek calls a Pure Ideology. One in which there is no self-reflection to align ones values with an ideology that actually has those values. Instead the material conditions of the world around them make it impossible for them to do so.