> A real leftist ideological group doesn't exist in the US
Yes, it does.
Because of the electoral system’s strong pressure to duopoly, there isn’t a substantial real leftist party in the US, but there is a real leftist ideological group.
> progressives are not that for certain
US progressives overlap with, but are not the same as, the left.
> To the right, however, a leftist is a US progressive.
To the American Right, a leftist is a Democrat, including a center -right neoliberal corporate capitalist democrat.
Yes, it does.
Because of the electoral system’s strong pressure to duopoly, there isn’t a substantial real leftist party in the US, but there is a real leftist ideological group.
> progressives are not that for certain
US progressives overlap with, but are not the same as, the left.
> To the right, however, a leftist is a US progressive.
To the American Right, a leftist is a Democrat, including a center -right neoliberal corporate capitalist democrat.