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Why are you characterizing the removal as leftist? The satire being removed is a leftist criticism of capitalism...

Because the satire is the left, and the tweet complaining is the "left". Recently (and not without design) the "left" has totally eclipsed the left

Upon re-reading the tweet that ostensibly triggered the takedown, I think I actually agree. Originally I read the author throwing out the insult "dirtbag left" as an indication that they were in opposition to the leftist message presented in the documentation, but with closer reading I see that this person certainly considers themselves to be on the left.

That the complainer uses "dirtbag left" disparagingly is quite telling, given that this style of left-wing activism started as a reaction to bring leftist politics back to its anti-capitalist roots, and away from the sort of hand-wringing politically-correct tropespotting nonsense the complainer likes to tweet about.

It would be better for humanity if we could distinguish between those who profit by destroying it and those who resist them. Defending IAP is not leftist.

Those "left" are liberals obsessed with identity-politics, hardly the same as the actual left

Not sure why you're being down-voted, you're spot on. Hope one of the down voters will come and explain.

> The satire being removed is a leftist criticism of capitalism

maybe. it could very well have been written by Red Skull or Thanos. Re-read in their voice and it works.

Liberals, Anarchists, and Fascists actually share a lot of the same criticisms of society regarding anti-consumerism. They just have very different ways of addressing it.

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