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Kick tankies out of 196 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by Cassa to c/196

Remember kids, Tankies wants to undermine democracy - same as facists.

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[-] CatradoraSomething@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

so tankie is just a nonsense word?

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It can be misused, but it properly means supporting authoritarian 'communism'. I usually see it on hexbear, where they often say Russia China and North Korea are vastly better than western countries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

It means authoritarian socialist, more specifically those who support Stalinist ideals

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