Leftism begins with anti-capitalism. This is so far beyond the American (or even European) Overton window. The American political mainstream is a choice between center-right and far-right.

Politics is about economics. All of the so-called "culture war" issues (eg LGBT rights, bodily autonomy, etc) don't make you left wing if you are still an avowed capitalist. The success of the Republican Party hinges on the success they've had in propagandizing culture war issues to avoid talking about economics. And the establishment Democrat Party is complicit because they have the exact same paymasters.

On this issue you see a ton of people in the comments saying "yeah but Jensen made so much money" as a reason why he shouldn't suffer the consequences. If making money has primacy in your decision making well... you're right wing, definitionally.

As other commenters have noted, every time Elon comes up there are a ton of HN defenders, despite him being a complete fascist (in technical terms, not a pejorative) and doing the Nazi salute on national TV (twice).

> Economically it might be pro free markets, ...

Well, first there's no such thing as "free markets". Second, you're basically saying "capitalism". As I said, right wing.

> Leftism begins with anti-capitalism

Can we please not open a comment with a dogmatic statement asserting a definition of an ideological concept? After some of the most sophisticated thinkers in history have debated topics like this for centuries, we are not going to move the needle here. If you want to debate ideology, please find one of the many places on the internet that are set up to host debates about ideology. You've been here long enough to know very well that comments like this are against the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html