Leftist politics in the US is completely dominated at the moment by a certain brand of zealous progressive agenda that has done very little practically for weal

Leftist politics in the US is completely dominated at the moment by a certain brand of zealous progressive agenda that has done very little practically for wealth inequality and is solely focused on specific social issues. It still appears that neoliberal politics still drive most of the meaningful economic agenda on the left. I agree this is not really what people usually consider to be the "hard left", but when you're essentially left with two choices and one of them is leaning so heavily into a particular brand of politics it distorts your view of what "hard left" means compared to typical political ideologies. I think your understanding is generally correct, it's American politics that is tipped a little bit sideways at the moment.