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My guess is that its mostly a result of them not yet realising how much western red scare propaganda influences their opinion on things.
Its one thing to realise or mode of production is deeply flawed another to put capitalism as a whole at fault and yet another to start questioning ones every assumption.
Honestly I feel like there is a bit of a gap when it comes to easily approachable information. A lot of the youtube content which talks about the Soviet Union from a ML perspective expects the viewer to have some understanding of ML ideals. I think content which serves to not prove to the viewer ML ideas but to show what Marxist Leninist believe.
As an example the CPR. Red scare actions are still active thus the status quo opinion is that anything but an uncritical aggression towards the CPR is an extremist position.
TL;DR: while red scare actions by western media and institutions definetly has an impact, approachability for non MLs definetly could be improved.
I think you're missing the Dem Soc perspective; arguing that AES isn't "true" Socialism/Communism let's them ignore the imperfections of reality in favor of the ideals/positives which is an easier sell to an electorate. Its also a lot easier for political hopefuls to go along with the red scare rather than fight it.