this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
231 points (98.7% liked)

Technology

60395 readers
3330 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

No tankie worth their salt would say it's a good thing, lol. Being anti-NATO doesn't immediately mean someone is pro-Putin.

[–] FlyingSquid 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are lots of pro-Putin Tankies. Lots and lots.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funnily enough that's what the right-wing nuts and left-wing nuts in Germany have in common. We're living in the strangest timeline.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(I'm implying that you, as many others, equate "tankies" with "communists")

That's why I restricted to only those worth their salt. Russian-right-wing larpers aren't welcome in any communist group.

[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putin isn't a communist. So no.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Afaik it's consensus for communists to be both anti-NATO and anti-Putin, as is my case. But since lots of people now just use "tankie" as a derogatory term for "communist" instead of "Putin supporter and Russian supremacist", I felt like making the distinction was a good call.

[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I definitely did not mean communist. I am a socialist, but I am sympathetic to communist ideas.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then I'm glad to be your acquaintance, comrade. We might have different ideas on how things could be better and how to fight for them, but we definitely know what the real issues are.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 1 year ago
[–] SloganLessons@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

I think the others missed that memo

[–] BloodForTheBloodGod@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

And tankies aren't worth salt as it is.