It shouldn't amaze you, even if you aren't old enough to remember the mass cognitive dissonance that surrounded the USSR.
The left is not opposed to large business entities. There were plenty of them in the Soviet Union. They're opposed to entities that don't conform to whatever the leftist narrative is at the moment.
They were against Big Pharma back in the day because it was right-wing/capitalist/insert-buzzword-here. Then their thought leaders realized how useful it was in getting the general public to do what they want, so they pivoted and their followers pivoted with them.
I’m so old, I remember when reddit was anti-corporations. Now every subreddit bans anyone who questions the “vaccine”
It shouldn't amaze you, even if you aren't old enough to remember the mass cognitive dissonance that surrounded the USSR.
The left is not opposed to large business entities. There were plenty of them in the Soviet Union. They're opposed to entities that don't conform to whatever the leftist narrative is at the moment.
They were against Big Pharma back in the day because it was right-wing/capitalist/insert-buzzword-here. Then their thought leaders realized how useful it was in getting the general public to do what they want, so they pivoted and their followers pivoted with them.