They straight up use the same old red scare arguments that the far right use against them lmao
Like holy shit have some self-awareness.
Motherfuckers saying eat the rich and then calling Mao a genocidal monster for eating the rich.
Can't make this shit up.
I like this explanation a lot.
This moderating instinct also occurs in liberals and fascists too so it's fairly universal. Liberals obsessively do it to try and appease conservatives around the world right now and it is moving the liberal parties further and further right over time.