Just as you can see happened with Mamdani, any genuine left candidate in the UK (Corbin) gets smeared and fought even by their own side. Whenever these candidates come out it shows that the 2 party system is an illusion, and all those in power seek to profit and rule.
Basically this. None of our parents knew we were dumpster diving telephone exchanges or trying to figure out gaining root on server systems. Today's underground is equally obfuscated by the "don't tell the grown ups" as we were.
Only problem I have with this is your inclusion of "starting to". It is, always has been.