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I agree with you too. Theres nothing wrong with labels inherently, especially as signifiers of an ideological lens. But the danger is forgetting that Marxism-Leninism is, in fact, a lens not a dogma. When the lens is treated like a dogma, then it's proponents can take on a religious or subculture tendency.
Neither of us are describing the users here. I think both of us are describing a specific type of person. People especially in the West like to box themselves into labels as placeholders for their identities.
For example, "attachment styles." The whole point of the attachment model is to help a person become conscious of the ways they let trauma influence their relationships with others. But instead of using that awareness to move towards becoming more secure, they treat being "anxious/avoidant" as an identity unable to be changed.
Yeah, some less educated people (not saying I am not much of a professional on Marxist theory) stick with labels for identity purposes rather than using whichever describes them best or reading more to develop an understanding of their identity.