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[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When a liberal says "tankie" they mean anything remotely communist-looking. When a leftist says "tankie", they mean authoritarians who like red flags and self-proclaimed communists who nonetheless support hierarchies and have no plan or intention to bring them down. I think the vast majority of people here knows this already.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

I think the vast majority of people here knows this already.

You are way optimistic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mostly True, while (at least in my part of the world) there are a lot of people who like red flags but fight against hierarchies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

There are plenty of Marxists and Marxist-derived socialists who aren't Tankies.

They just don't make up the majority.