56
Tankie (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical. It is commonly used by anti-authoritarian leftists, including anarchists, libertarian socialists, left communists, democratic socialists, and reformists to criticise Leninism, although the term has seen increasing use by liberal and right‐wing factions as well.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] guaraguaito 20 points 3 months ago

I hate giving these people the satisfaction of the “socialist” or “communist” label.

this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
56 points (100.0% liked)

Wikipedia

2787 readers
174 users here now

A place to share interesting articles from Wikipedia.

Rules:

Recommended:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS