A ‘Leftist’ (or liberal, or socialist, or whatever you want to call it) has some typical characteristics:
A ‘leftist’ means anybody who has any compassion for poor people.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who doesn’t want to see rich people get away with murder, literally.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who would like to see a legal system based on something other than ‘money talks’.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who doesn’t want to live in a world where 99.9% the wealth is in the hands of the top 0.1%.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who can look at the world presented in Hunger Games, and recognize that that would not be a utopia.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who doesn’t want to see his friends die from easily treatable illnesses because they weren’t rich.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who generally isn’t a psychopath, while all conservatives are psychopathic.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who isn’t a fan of child labor, dangerous working conditions, and seventy-hour work weeks.
A ‘leftist’ is someone who would prefer to live in a world where his value as a human being is not based on his bank account.