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[–] aski3252@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Originally, it was used to describe communists who followed the party line and supported suppressing Hungarian workers with tanks.

Today it means ultra-authoritarian marxist-leninist.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean there is a word for that that's less derogatory: Stalinist

[–] h34d@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

It's not entirely the same though. Some of the "tankies" in the West seem to be Maoists more than Stalinists, as far as I can tell. Besides, some (many?) Stalinists also consider the term "Stalinist" derogatory, and prefer to call themselves "Marxist-Leninists".