Why are there so many leftists within crypto? As Solana says in his bankless episode, crypto disintermediates and reduces the power of the state. I get why libertarians and rightists like crypto, but why leftists? Leftists should want state power to enact leftist policy goals if they care about leftist outcomes.

You're starting from a false premise. It's true that in the early Bitcoin days most people were drawn to crypto because it "reduces the power of the state," but that's not the case today. 

People are drawn to crypto for a variety of reasons. A lot of builders  become interested in crypto because of its inherently open source nature. Others just think its fun and/or like to gamble. Not everyone views everything through a polarized political lens.

Art, music, onchain data. Former Director of Research @coinmetrics

Not everyone is interested in politics, but politics is interested in them

I’m not denying that politics pervades everything, to some degree. But I’m saying that crypto is nuanced, and can’t be reduced down to just leftist vs rightist agendas