How 'Active Clubs' use male bonding, fitness and other healthy activities as a trojan horse for extremism
(rachelgilmore.substack.com)
You seem to be confusing leftism in general with economic leftism. they aren't the same thing.
leftists in general, esp the vocal ones here on lemmy, tend to be authoritarians. They think taxing the rich and universal health care are neoliberalism/shitlib positions and we need to 'tear the system' down rather than reform it as a social democracy.