I think that the initiation into it may be more varied, but the dehumanizing nature of these ideas is pathologizing. Many comply through social pressure, of course, and there are those who already do have pathological personality characteristics which might make themselves more strict about social privilege (for themselves, through structural enforcement of theory), as well as taking the opportunity to wield power sanctimoniously through accusation backed by implied threat of force (social exclusion or worse).
There's an aspect of self-loathing with a puritanical path for cleansing.
But ultimately, I think it's