• Banana
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    1727 days ago

    At this point I’m not sure if they are tankies, or whether they’ve just been called tankies by people who call all leftists tankies.

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        27 days ago

        This makes sense.

        I do think “tankie” is the wrong word, as “bootlicker” sounds more apt since Russia hasn’t been communist since '91.

        As in, these devs are definitely authoritarian, but communist? Absolutely not.

    • Diva (she/her)
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      I’m an anarchist, these people are the kind of genocide appreciators who call all dissenting leftists tankies

      • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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        Nope, clear definition:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

        Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof.

      • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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        1026 days ago

        I don’t think you know what communism is supposed to be if you think it is as evil as capitalism… (note I said supposed to be, not what ever language an authoritarian decides to couch their takeover in)

      • Banana
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        1927 days ago

        Good to know, I totally thought it was a pejorative term for people who supported Kruschev’s use of tanks, and I rarely see people talking about that so I was very confused.

        Note: this comment is dripping with sarcasm

        • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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          While those event was certain to cause some resentment of USSR/Russia, that hatred needs to persist long after Russia gave all of those countries liberation peacefully, and that all lies and diminishment becomes morally justified.

          Neo-Tankyism is all reality opposing maximization of Russophobia and Sinophobia for CIA/US empire subjugation of those who could benefit from non-US subjugation. It is a projection in protecting their programming no matter how evil the US is, or actively directly attacking them, because their programming has no factual defense.