If by "actual leftist" you mean people like Rania Khalek, I would agree, but unfortunately people like her are a tiny minority and constantly belittled, ignored or called tankies or something along those lines.
The mainstream left is dominated by the tech companies, by the mainstream press, by the universities and by the entertainment industry, all coastal highly privileged, 2% of income elites. Those are the people dominating the discourse and as Chomsky said they are "Manufacturing Consent". That includes a big portion of the "commentariat" here too.
30 seconds of searching on the leftist's favorite communication platform. I think the problem might be more that you're not in the right echo chamber... or something.
This took 10 seconds to find. You can make an argument that they could be louder (and I'd definitely agree with you on that), but you can't in good faith make an argument that they're "silent". As for Krugman and Reich, I don't see how they're any relevant.
AOC is so vocal about abolishing ICE that I don't feel the need to even back that up.
AOC -> Silent
Bernie -> Silent
Krugman -> Silent
Reich -> Silent
Faang Employees -> Silent
Ilham Omar -> To her credit, she spoke out.
If by "actual leftist" you mean people like Rania Khalek, I would agree, but unfortunately people like her are a tiny minority and constantly belittled, ignored or called tankies or something along those lines.
The mainstream left is dominated by the tech companies, by the mainstream press, by the universities and by the entertainment industry, all coastal highly privileged, 2% of income elites. Those are the people dominating the discourse and as Chomsky said they are "Manufacturing Consent". That includes a big portion of the "commentariat" here too.