this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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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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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This tankie seems unaware of how the CCP manipulates public opinion.

If this kind of news ever reaches China, the authorities would always attribute it to crime, drugs, sex work and so on. They would portray it as the government improving the social order instead of violating human rights.

[–] NounsAndWords 23 points 1 year ago

That's why they're asking for the "real" reason. He wants the BS PR answer to blindly believe so his worldview doesn't need to change.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Tankies are well aware of the authoritarianism. They believe it's for the greater good.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Even then drugs and sex work can be "victimless crimes". Social order for the sake of ultraconformity, because dictators and their henchmen want everyone to be exactly the same.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

or their favourite go-to: “corruption”