I don’t blame them. They get name-called by centrists from world all the time. I started subscribing to their communities heavily when they came to my defense multiple times in comments where I felt like I was the only person arguing for humanity over the grinding gears of corporatism. I consider myself as leftist as they are (with a slight tinge of crypto tech bro that they so loathe…pretty sure they shadow banned me for being too tech bro🤣) and they, in turn, treat me like an asshole outsider. They’re pretty much the hipsters of the fediverse but they’re also squarely on the side of selfless human cooperation while outsiders accuse them of being “tankies”.
I would say one thing in their defense: they are straight up communists but before you go acting like they’re squarely pro-China tankies, they will tell you that
communism has never existed exactly as Marx described. So, many criticisms of it are disingenuous bullshit.