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There are certain groups highly demonized by western nations. And far too over represented in the left. Simply because the overthrew a number of states approaching 100 years ago. And then proceeded to exterminate those that disagreed. Groups that still hypocritically criticize the west while hypocritically defending China, Russia, and north Korea for the same things. Groups like the ones that made this video.
That said, plenty of us on the left don't like them and can be rather chill. I'm not sure where, or if here even would be a good place to find them. But check out social libertarians, small c communists and anarchists etc. They along with social Dems all can make a pretty decent stew. There's still a lot of debate about peripheral more purist ideological things. But there's a large consensus.
Don't let ML represent or color your views of the left. They're barely nominally left to begin with. As someone leaning more social libertarian myself. I doubt I'm the only one called fascist by authoritarian defending ML. They give a lot of us a bad look.