it's literally the same narratives as are pushed by the mainstream media.

It's not though. What the mainstream media is pushing is a moderated/tapered/whitewashed version of what the actual left is pushing. It's also an abbreviated version, whereas social media lets you survey these people's views in detail. For example, I'm not going to hear explicitly on the CBC that today's leftists actually think communism means nobody has to work shit jobs. You have to go to the leftist chudds themselves to hear that shit. And reddit is a concentrated echo chamber degenerate leftists.

it's literally the same narratives as are pushed by the mainstream media.

It's not though. What the mainstream media is pushing is a slightly moderated/tapered version of what the left is pushing. It's also an abbreviated version, whereas social media lets you survey these people's views in detail. For example, I'm not going to hear explicitly on the CBC that today's leftists actually think communism means nobody has to work shit jobs. You have to go to the leftist chudds themselves to hear that shit. And reddit is a concentrated echo chamber degenerate leftists.