Everyone has an ideology and values. Some are aware of it and reflect on them, others aren't able to do so. The latter group includes both tankies and neoliberals among others.
I believe humans need society to exist and I believe humans should continue existing and thus I believe I should work towards sustaining human society. I have come to the belief that Marxism is the best analytical toolset for proceeding through the process of cultivating that sustainable human society from where we are today.
No one gives a fuck what I believe in. That is true. No one really needs to.
Your second sentence I disagree, both from a theory and practical position, but history will tell us.
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Even just the wording reveals the idealism: "I believe in"... No one gives a fuck what you believe in. Marx never said "we must believe in these things". And this jumble of concepts contains elements that are in completely different categories. The recognition of revolutionary potential in the proletariat and the use of labor unions to express power is an empirical analysis, not a belief system. The recognition of human rights is either moral objectivism (which is a form of idealism and decidedly anti-Marxist) or it's a super structural tool and/or propaganda tool.
Leftism isn't virtue signalling.
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