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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If someone uses the word tankie it’s a pretty good sign that they don’t actually understand history or political theory and don’t know what they’re talking about beyond current events and maybe a podcast or two.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or they are an anarchist and are fully aware of anarchists getting backstabbed by tankies in the past.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's pretty much taken over by western liberals as a catchall for "more left than me"