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My new favorite hobby is calling tankies bad-faith imperialist shills and implying they're not communist enough
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this post was submitted on 09 Oct 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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It's a particular flavor of fascism, and a direct reference to Tienanmen Square.
while tankies ARE fascists the word "tankie" actually comes from the 1956 Hungarian revolution, when the Soviets sent in tanks to crush a democratic socialist revolution. The tankie part comes from the people who were overjoyed and happy when the tanks rolled in. (IFAIK mainly used for Western communists)
The term comes from support of Russia using tanks not support of China's use.