Personally, the bare minimum for me to consider a person a leftist is agreeing that capitalism is not a viable system and must be abolished immediately.

[brad@m.toad.host]

Personally, the bare minimum for me to consider a person a leftist is agreeing that capitalism is not a viable system and must be abolished immediately. If you think there is a version of the current system that can work, you are not a leftist. It's a super easy, clean line to work with.