- Farmer! Be red, hold a gun
- Give gun to red soldier, he'll protect you
- If you don't giveup your gun, you're a traitor
- Farmers, give bread to revolution!
- America [brings corn] to the starving of Russia
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.
A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.
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If anyone is interested in a more literal translation:
*Violate isn't what the Russian says but I'm not sure how to translate the phrase into English. It's technically "dare to dare" but using two different words; the first "dare" means something like "be brave enough to" and the second one is more like the "dare" in "how dare you" which can imply the transgression of a social norm.
Farmer! Give away weapons to the Red soldier. He will better defend you, your goods, and your land.
In the moment* of mortal peril for freedom and the revolution, weapons are hidden only by traitors and White army spies.
*Technically "minute". Also this actually says "hide weapons only traitors and White army spies" because word order is very flexible in Russian.
The OP literally translated (4) and (5).
Maybe challenge would be a better description for 1?
You're right, that is better.