>> "Leftist" by American standards in 2017 is, again, not leftist by world standards" Yes, if your standard for leftism is Joseph Stalin's Soviet Russia. But

>> "Leftist" by American standards in 2017 is, again, not leftist by world standards" Yes, if your standard for leftism is Joseph Stalin's Soviet Russia. But that's like saying, "The right by American standards isn't actually on the right according to world standards, where the right wing == Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy."