It's really strange how we disconnected ideology from politics, in people's minds ideology only exists on the fringes of the far-left and far-right which are considered identical. If you criticize a politician you should be aware of their ideology, because they certainly are very much "political", but you aren't. When "leaders" talk about activists they say things like they were "politicized" as a derogatory term, in contrast to the default which is "depoliticized". Our leaders are waaaay more politicized than we are and way more ideologically consistent in their actions than you will ever realize.