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What do you define as a tankie. (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/tankiejerk
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I know for a lot of people a tankie is just something that they know it when they see it, however I think that it is important to think about the reason that you define something as being tankie vs just a leftist.

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[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 3 days ago (14 children)

I define a Tankie as someone who loves authoritarian strongmen like Putin and Xi while denying they have committed a single atrocity all in the name of going against the evil imperialist West, which is totally different because reasons.

And that's also how pretty much everyone else on Lemmy defines them.

The "Tankie = leftist" canard is just some high-level bullshit considering the vast, vast, vast majority of Lemmings are on the left. (I know, they're "liberals," not on the left. Another sign someone is a Tankie, when they tell you that almost no one passes their purity test.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I like your definition. The centering of a strong man type does seem to tie into why a lot of the fall into the type of thinking that leads to being a tankie. very similar to maga and the other fascist movements that seem to be taking root in other parts of the world.

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