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I have no way of knowing, but I think it's honestly way simpler than that. I think people on the left who are relentlessly shitting on Biden are pretty much made up of X percent shills and (100-X) percent people who have been taken in by shills.
It would be easier, more productive, and safer to hold up some particular other Democrat as the one that we should be supporting instead of Biden, if the goal was a better Democratic nominee who didn't have all these problems they're so nail-bitingly concerned will hurt Biden in the election with Trump, which is leading to them innocently trying to help by shitting on him. I've literally never once heard them say a productive solution along those lines, though. Nope, just that Biden is bad.
Also, they keep insisting that voting won't accomplish anything, and direct action is needed instead, because the system is irrevocably broken. I have asked many of them, with genuine interest and motivation to help, what direct action I can do, because I also think direct action (on behalf of Gaza for example) sounds great. Guess how many answers I've gotten.
Direct action is when you obstruct or threaten to act against a target group's interest or influence in order to pressure them into concessions.