And this is coming from someone who considers myself very much a leftist.

I perceive leftism to be about maximizing freedom by dismantling the mechanisms of state violence. Whether that’s the military industrial complex or the prison industrial complex, they are oppressive and need to be abolished.

We need to bring back social spaces that have largely been left to the wayside by privatization. Better funding for our parks, better city planning that incentivizing people to get outside and walk- getting back to real socializing like we used to have.

We need more of a focus on digital spaces and the technology that’s emerging. Whether it’s digital rights and privacy protections or the right to repair: we need to make sure that technology and the data it collects is not weaponized by governments or corporations.