Tankies pretending to support egalitarianism is basically the "left" equivalent of MAGAts pretending to support freedom.
However, when it comes to everyday societal challenges that are usually points of interest for the left wing—like policing, climate change, healthcare, housing, and workers’ rights—tankies seem less engaged.
Ah yes, the "I don't care if trans people get sent to concentration camps because the Democrats are continuing to permit the war in Gaza" crowd.
Seeing the data on it is, admittedly, releiving. These Internet bubbles can really leave you worrying for people.
0 interest in reading further when you see these people classifying ancaps as far left.
They did not categorize anarcho-capitalism as far left, it is merely mentioned as part of the diagram of subreddits of varying ideologies. In fact if you actually read the chart in Figure 3, you would see it is firmly categorized along with other right wing ideologies.
Yup along with conservatives and “libertarians”
"Oh, this is calamity! Calamity! Oh no, he's on the floor!"
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