It's pretty sickening to watch, isn't it? And if you try to offer a more reasonable response - permaban.

I’m fully convinced those subs are an op to turn away budding leftists

Oh yeah, I have zero doubt that is exactly the case. And it fucking works. :agony-shivering:

If I hadn't already been a leftist who knew a little theory and had been exposed to genuine communist people online, I would have left the thread I mentioned above with a very low opinion of communists, modern online ones at least. Which is why the complete lack of real leftism allowed on reddit (and other social media) really concerns me. They have realized online radicalization can really work and they're working hard to shut that down immediately. There's no way a sub like the chapo sub could start, let alone grow now.