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Are you a 'tankie' (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have. Unless people come at me swinging, I prefer good, honest, non hostile conversations. But look:

https://feddit.nl/post/16246531

This post mentions exactly what I’m talking about. Being critical of Russia and China—modern day Russia and China, neither of which are communist—is met with pretty swift anger from tankies. I’m not crazy in having had this experience

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People on Hexbear, .ml, and Lemmygrad are regularly critical of Russia and China. They critically support them in their efforts against Imperialism along Lenin's definitions, which is basically Hyper-Capitalism, because they believe countries under the thumb of Imperialism cannot become Socialist, and Imperialist countries will not become Socialist until after they lose the countries they extract from.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno what to tell ya. The amount of gross authoritarianism I saw from communists there was more than enough.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like what?

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don’t have examples that far back. But constantly denying the ongoing Uyghur crisis by calling it “western propaganda,” running cover for the Hong Kong crackdown by saying it was “their territory already so they can do what they want,” denying the Tiananmen square massacre, shit like that.