It's also a comically overbroad term. Most people -- and certainly everyone who could be considered a leftist -- have some types of states they like and others they strongly dislike. Almost no one is going to bat for the idea of a state absent significant qualifiers.
It's like calling someone a "poisonist" because they like alcohol, even though they strongly dislike arsenic.
Using statism as a serious perjorative and cudgel is a very simple red flag of not being worth engaging with online.
It's essentially just an extension of authoritarianism/totalitarianism, which are red flags in their own right of someone being brainwormed.
It's also a comically overbroad term. Most people -- and certainly everyone who could be considered a leftist -- have some types of states they like and others they strongly dislike. Almost no one is going to bat for the idea of a state absent significant qualifiers.
It's like calling someone a "poisonist" because they like alcohol, even though they strongly dislike arsenic.