From a UK perspective, this could also be read as a critique from the left - someone who's an actual socialist, criticising pseudo-socialist progressives, but n

From a UK perspective, this could also be read as a critique from the left - someone who's an actual socialist, criticising pseudo-socialist progressives, but not so far left that it turns into a gobbledygook screed. I think that sort of person is rare as hen's teeth in the US now, though.