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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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What will happens to all the Tankies when Ukraine wins the war? (self.tankiejerk)
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Are they all just going to lie and say Russia won anyway? Or will they just cry for these poor Ukrainians who are now part of Ukraine again? It's so hard to guess what is going on in their minds.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Israel and Saudi is irrelevant to Ukraine.

The problem is that they've been staunch economic allies of Russia. Two trillion dollar economies that are foundational to the trade of goods and services across the continent can't be ignored.

Turkey is friendly to Ukraine and sells them nice drones.

Turkey sells drones to anyone with scratch. If the Russians didn't have superior models, they'd also be buying.

Also you forgot all the ex-Soviet states

Hungary is more closely aligned with Russia than not. Romania and Moldovia are staying out of it. Given the number of times Ukrainian ordinance has landed on Polish turf and the number of refugees spilling onto the Polish side of the border, they're quickly losing patience with their neighbor.