The Hard Left like to cite George Orwell as one of their heroes. And yes, George Orwell was a lefty. One inconvenient fact though about George Orwell - he called out his fellow lefties with regards to their hypocrisy. And especially on their support of Stalin, whom he correctly called a monster.
And that was back then. The Left has been moving ever leftward, since before those days.
Sadly, I know people of that persuasion who’re old enough to know better, who buy into BHO’s BS.