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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[-] kittenzrulz123 52 points 6 months ago

Calling all leftists tankies is a pretty standard shit lib take

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months 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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago

No Tankies are leftist, period.

[-] wholookshere 3 points 6 months ago

That's not how subgroups work....

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Tankies are right wingers with "communist" aesthetics

[-] will_steal_your_username 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Tankie is not synonymous with socialist/communist.

Edit: and neither is criticizing capitalism

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[-] kittenzrulz123 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The part where authoritarians claims to oppose capitalism. There are bad actors who claim the opposite of the outcome of their actions. Thats the nuance of this situation.

[-] kittenzrulz123 4 points 6 months ago

Still seems strange to comment here, I mean thats a valid argument but this doesn't seem like the right place.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

This is literally a place that explicitly bans tankies. It's the place for sure.

[-] kittenzrulz123 2 points 6 months ago

No I mean specifically this post

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

This post is literally in a place that explicitly bans tankies. It’s the place for sure.

[-] kittenzrulz123 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah that doesn't mean every slightly left wing post is authoritarian, that just comes off as far too accusatory. Shocking news, actual leftists exist on this instance.

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months 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.

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[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Completely fine with me.

What's your opinion billionaires?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

You pass btw

[-] kittenzrulz123 4 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[-] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago

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

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Are you referring to NATO as imperialism?

[-] kittenzrulz123 13 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

This one doesn't pass the test

[-] kittenzrulz123 8 points 6 months ago

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

[-] Sasha 5 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

Is this a verification can test?

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