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My only question is if they’re tankies then why even leave Reddit? That’s like a stoner moving to a state where weeds legal then leaving because there’s too much weed.
Because free software aligns with leftist ideals?
Leftists aren’t tankies. Tankies are specifically pro USSR.
A pro authoritarian state. That’s why they are called tankies after all lol.
I think this is a matter of all tankies are leftists but not all leftists are tankies.
I disagree...
I dont even know what tankies want. Or where they live.
Not sure if that was a joke or a sincere lack of familiarity. What tankies want is a restoration and supremacy of the USSR to spread what they called communism.
Nah, Im just not familiar with them. I keep seeing people referring to them, but never saying exactly what their deal is. Even back on reddit.
The name comes from the USSR’s practice of deploying tanks to crush dissent.
I believe the specific moment was when the USSR used tanks to crack down on peaceful protesters in Czechoslovakia; supporters were called tankies.
Tankies are pro-authoritarian but not pro-corporate.
Lemmy's creators were part of a community that got banned IIRC (ChapoTrapHouse)