Not that he needs defending, but I do think Hasan does have a more nuanced opinion on China regarding authoritarian and imperialist practices based on more recent interviews, but he doesn't incorporate that into his mainstream persona so people think he likes more than their coherent economic policy and even worse people seem to feel more justified in holding positions excusing authoritarianism and imprialism if it means a communist economic agenda is enacted.

Authoritarianism is bad. Doesn't matter which cape it's wearing

How much of a leftist can one really be if they are stuck comparing the "quality" of nation states without mentioning that they shouldn't exist at all.

A ton of people, mainly leftist, have an issue where their ideology starts and ends at “AMERICA BAD”

Lmao. Nah, that's the (obviously, painfully true) statement where you already stop listening because you don't want to admit it's true without a thousand caveats. I've never met a socialist who couldn't elaborate, rightly or wrongly, in their many issues with political systems they support, let alone those they don't.