Something Sean from the Antifada said recently has really resonated with me. Communists are the only ones who are truly serious about understanding the magnitude of the issues we face today and really solving those issues. Every liberal postures about being more mature and pragmatic with their approach to politics, but look at how they're handling Biden's absolutely inadequate appointments. Thinking this admin is going to fix things with their approach is just as nutty as QAnon.
Read Marx.
To me it was realizing just how much the "sounds nice in theory" line is projection. Sure a town of mom and pop shops sourcing locally to support their community and ostracizing anyone exploitative sounds nice on paper, but in reality we just have walmart and amazon.