Tankiejerk

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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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I'm not sure if this meme is the right place. But it does bring out the sentiment. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What do you mean require? Counter-revolutions are enacted by the oppressor (or former oppressor) class who don't want to lose their privilege.

There's no solution where someone like Elon Musk loses his control of tens of thousands of people's labor and doesn't seek to reimpose his control.

Historically, they use what influence they still have to reimpose the old order and kill everyone who threatened their privilege. Here's one example