Slide from my government class where Bernie Sanders is more left wing than China, Pinochet is extreme right wing authoritarian and Milton Friedman is a sweet right wing libertarian despite advising and defending Pinochet. Obama is more authoritarian and right wing than Washington as well.
Yeah if you can convince yourself that Stalin is uniquely authoritarian compared to capitalist leaders, Mao would likewise be targeted by every criticism one could make from that angle. Really strange