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It feels like the early days of the internet!!!! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by errorfly to c/[email protected]

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[–] sauerkraus 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sauerkraus 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The name comes from the USSR’s practice of deploying tanks to crush dissent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I believe the specific moment was when the USSR used tanks to crack down on peaceful protesters in Czechoslovakia; supporters were called tankies.