To some of my lefty friends
I'm very sceptical that you have lefty friends.
I was pretty hard-core 'left' even within the lifetime of this message board. That is default for a West Coaster, and I was in the 'hippy culture' as a kid. Honestly, much of what I believed back then I still do, but the whole 'Overton window' shifted into utter la-la land when the real problems were significantly resolved (pollution, equal rights, etc.) We who saw and spoke about the structural weaknesses inherent in capitalism were certainly not ipso-facto 'communist' back in the old days, and definitions of things such as 'socialism' have changed a lot since then. We just wanted to fairly address some of the inevitable issues that would arise with, say, capitalism (and specifically cronyism and corruption in this case.)
Obviously (to me) a very nasty element of the 0.001% saw an opportunity to take over the 'left' and use it to their also very nasty ends. This they did, and I stepped off the train before the velocities got too high. Anyway, yeah, most of my friends and family were on that train and never did get off. It would be semi-fair to say I have no friends at all really. I work with people and like people, but in terms of flesh-n-blood humans to toss ideas and observations around with, there are basically none. Partly because I expatriated to the 'developing world.' Thankfully I've always been pretty independent in this respect anyway.
Actually, a 'bullet to the head' is fairly radical and most don't support it yet, but it's not hard to predict where the spell will take their minds within a month or two.
Whenever this sort of 'solution' is raised as a possibility, the person raising it is always from the anti-vaxxer / Trump fanboi set. You don't need to worry about your 'lefty friends' going on a shooting spree.
I know plenty of 'red-necks' as well, and I have a pretty good gauge of the respective mentalities. I'm not too worried about the 'lefties' doing atrocities in person, but I can pretty much guarantee that they would be in full support of their gov/god/protector doing so and would lend a hand if it is not to much trouble. Snitching on their neighbors, trying to get them fired ('canceled'), lying for their truth, etc. They are most of the way to fully support of autrocities already. I should say that the 30% that are under the plandemic spell because most of the real 'lefties' stepped off the train when I did. The people you think are the 'Trump fanboi set' are very no where near as likely to support atrocities (though perhaps somewhat more likely to commit them in person if/when pushed hard enough by the so-called 'left'.)
Edit: Here's a couple of fellow 'gen-Xers' who are in a similar boat, and who've seen/felt the same sort of shifts that I have:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/YIgNhGioCmVt/