> ... into a very left wing, violent, vehicle to export American political activism to the world

Reddit anecdotes and surveys don't currently reflect reality.

The far-right is responsible for *actual* violence by a large margin in recent history. https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/26973-far-left-versu...

Over 80% of real world politically motivated violence between 1990–2020 is from far-right actors. Left-wing violence has increased over the past 5 years, but is still completely dwarfed by right-wing violence.