When did 'Leftism' become a term? Do you mean Marxism? Socialism? Social Liberalism?
I know it's not liberal because that's what the 'Right' stand for now, Classical and Neo Liberalism. Strange that isn't, how in America the term 'Liberal' means Socialist where in fact the GOP are the Liberals!???!!!?! Doesn't make sense....

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I'll tell you this no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn
Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too
You may bury my body, down by the highway side,
so my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride.