A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism

It’s literally semantics at this point

Just because someone’s beliefs don’t align with yours doesn’t mean they “aren’t on the left”.

Leftism isn’t a catch all for good people.

In fact many anarchists became disillusioned with the idea of “the left”, hence post-leftism.

If a friend doesn’t care about you enough to perform the 1 minute task of installing signal they’re not worth your time

Congratulations, you have deduced that the “political compass” is nonsense

They are the best example of why left unity is bullshit. Tankies are okay with literal fascism as long as it doesn’t involve a western country.

Exactly, IMO this has nothing to do with lemmy itself and everything to do with dumbass domain names.