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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Be careful where you step on this issue.

Pretty sure tankies are banned in the rules here.

Whats your opinion on NATO?

[-] styxem@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 month ago

Not all leftists are tankies. This is a pretty standard take on the failures of capitalism.

[-] kittenzrulz123 52 points 1 month ago

Calling all leftists tankies is a pretty standard shit lib take

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

It seems like a sizable portion of .world users have a thing for making up issues and claiming tankies are the cause of these imaginary issues, then getting together for a circle jerk about how great they are for recognizing these tankie problems.

They're just like the American MAGA idiots - stupid people loudly getting upset about things.

[-] kittenzrulz123 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most Liberals (and by extension .world users) get pissed at leftists because deep down they would rather see Trump win (hell they would rather see the US become fully Fascist) then watch the the US stop oppressing the global south. Thats why I think its accurate to call them Blue Maga and Facsism Lite™, because despite how much they insist on it they are not left wing. They despise left wing ideology/policy and share nothing in common with leftist other then pretending to like a small portion of the same things. I think this quote summaries it very well

"Those who have bent their knees before liberalism, who have substituted liberalism for socialism, are prepared to reduce Marxism to a simple theory of the class struggle." -Lenin

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hard agree. I'm not from The States but lived there for a number of years. People there who call themselves left are usually closer to center or center right and seem to engage in extreme pearl clutching when exposed to anything even vaguely left of center.

I think part of the issue is decades of propaganda and government brain washing coupled with a deep seated ignorance of actual leftist politics. They know practically nothing about progressive policies and feel no need to learn as they believe they already know all there is to know.

[-] kittenzrulz123 4 points 1 month ago

In my opinion Liberalism is always center right, actual centrism is ideologies like Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism. Thats why personally I dont like them, im a hard leftist and I dont feel any need to find a middle ground with capitalists (I view all reformist "leftists" like that).

[-] daellat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think most world users, like myself, just got to world because it was the biggest/most known and Lemmy was new for us and that's about it.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

No Tankies are leftist, period.

[-] wholookshere 3 points 1 month ago

That's not how subgroups work....

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Tankies are right wingers with "communist" aesthetics

[-] will_steal_your_username 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tankie is not synonymous with socialist/communist.

Edit: and neither is criticizing capitalism

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah thats fine but federated instances are absolutely writhing with tankies who will use sentiments like this to encourage subterfuge and spread propoganda.

[-] VeganCheesecake 19 points 1 month ago

I feel like if you react to any left-wing posts like a you're the main role in a 50's red scare propaganda video, they've already won.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thats the same logic people use to say wokeness empowers nazis.

[-] kittenzrulz123 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No it makes sense, this post mentions the corruption of the legal system and how wage labor results in the capitalist class having all the power while producing none of the labor. How is that in any way linked with authoritarianism or military action?

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Maybe capitalism should have made sure we didn't need 2-3 jobs all at 40 hours a week just to pay rent and groceries. Buying a home? Forget it.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Are you replying to the wrong person?

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

No, propaganda and subterfuge are less effective against a populace who has their needs met and live comfortably. Capitalism no longer does this for anyone but the wealthy.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Okay but like I never made any statements in favor of capitalism. I just called Tankies a bunch of shitheads.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You really cannot extrapolate

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Theres extrapolation and then theres you having an unrelated discussion and projecting your imaginary opponent onto me.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We're on a post about capitalism. If this is too much for you, perhaps the puddle of drool before you would be more accommodating.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I never said the post was wrong in any way, I offered valuable advice to OP and other users here.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

And I was saying people have a real reason to be disenfranchised and its not all propaganda.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Okay thats fine, the fuck does that have to do with my response to this post?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Completely fine with me.

What's your opinion billionaires?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Shouldn't exist, but that hardly proves my political allegiances.

You pass btw

[-] kittenzrulz123 4 points 1 month ago

What do you think about the economy being owned by the working class? Also what about a future where the global south isn't drained of resources in the name of the capitalist class?

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[-] kittenzrulz123 21 points 1 month ago

Disagreeing with imperialism makes you a tankie now? What in the absolute liberal brainrot what do you mean?

[-] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately they're too fargone. You should save your time and energy.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Are you referring to NATO as imperialism?

[-] kittenzrulz123 13 points 1 month ago

It exists as an extension of American imperial power, its how America wages war and influnces so many countries. Is it not outrageous to want an end to the endless cycle of forever war perpetuated by the military industrial complex and nato?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This one doesn't pass the test

[-] kittenzrulz123 8 points 1 month ago

Is it the liberal brainrot test? Im pretty sure you got an 100 on it

[-] Sasha 5 points 1 month ago

Maybe it's obvious, but I'm realising now that libs are just tankies who love the west and capitalism, hence the stupid takes on NATO we constantly see...

[-] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Is this a verification can test?

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