people who have adopted broad left values (anti-capitalism, working class solidarity/liberation, etc.) but lack a sufficient understanding of marxism and theory in general. theory takes backseat to chanting slogans and action, which is useful in limited cases, but obviously it means their actions are often misguided and ultimately worthless for the proletarian cause (see: CHAZ or CHOP or whatever, largely an anarchist thing from what i remember). so sure, you can sometimes see them just doing more in general, but their actions are without regard for any strategy and instead just seek to do whatever seems good in the moment. however, in the worst cases, they are active reactionaries who seek to cause divisions with us “tankies” because the inherently “authoritarian” nature of the proletarian liberation struggle clashes with their teenage-brained “fuck authority! fuck the state!” ideology and actively spread imperialist misinformation about AES.