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You're not being shit on for being the wrong kind of leftist, you're being shit on for thinking vaguely vibing with progressive politics makes you a leftist. You are a capitalist defending copyright from a capitalist perspective.
Oh boy, you are so wrong, you don't even know it. Participating in a system that forces you to participate doesn't make me not a leftist. If you want to start a revolution to start that communist or socialist utopia we all dream of, be my guest. I'll be right there with you supporting you when it's all said and done. But right now, that's not in the cards for me. And I'm not about to explain that to someone over the internet.