I think the fundamental problem of the current left is that if you are a critical thinker, care about people, and actually try to practice what you think is right, you have to be a communist or anarchist of some sort. However, if you also analyze history, it seems impossible to get our work done in the world around us, and like we will all die before the capitalists let us do anything good. That's just a solid analysis of what has happened to our best movements and leaders. Remaining hopeful in this world is hard, but we have to do it for the good of ourselves and everyone else.