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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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I keep seeing this instance is overrun with tankies so hey, lets do an informal survey like I've seen on hexbear

respond with YES or NO in the first line of your comment and i'll tally everything in a couple of days, lets say I'll try and collect everything on the sunday the 9th (10+gmt sorry)

not sure thisll work, be nice, have fun

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

NO

I like having no boots on my neck, not just changing out what demographic is wearing it

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

No. I had no idea about this instance's reputation when I joined Lemmy but it's nothing like the other instance you mentioned.

It gets very tiring trying to have a conversation with contrarians who think everything Western is bad and anything Chinese/USSR is good. Or worse, that their highly suspicious news sources (some random blog usually) are telling you the real truth, while using any mainstream news media source makes you a deluded Lib

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

NO

I've never even been called one erroneously.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

i may or may not have a tanksona, but that doesn't make me a tankie.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If Tankie means somewhat supporting what the URSS/China did, then YES.

I'm not communist, I've never read the manifesto but I'm more aligned with their ideals and the materialism philosophy than anything else, and I saw this quote that marked me. I paraphrase: "... the worst communist implementation was still better/on par than the best capitalist country".

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago
[โ€“] akwd169 5 points 5 months ago

No, don't know what it is either

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This is a dumb question. That's like asking TERFs if they self-identify as bigots. They're going to respond that no, of course they aren't, they're just gender realists (or gender critical, or whatever).

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

NO, Iโ€™m also not from this instance for similar reasons

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tankie originally referred to authoritarian communists, but over the past couple of years I've seen it referred to, like, anyone significantly to the left of the Democratic Party. Former suck, very much aspire to be part of the latter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm going to work hard to redefine 'Tankie' as someone who cosplays as a Decepticon, just so that political discourse becomes even more intolerably meaningless.

/s I'm not going to do this, it would take effort.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

NO. Communism is interesting, but I'm heavily anti-authoritarian.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Well... i wouldn't say i am full authoritarian, but i definitely identify on the left. I have maybe false ideas of tankies, but i just want that the world change without going full revolution, so i would say NO.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The fuck is a tankie? Outside of Lemmy, I've never seen nor H6eard the word. I assume it's Lemmy slang for some group of people.

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