• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    As I understand it “tankie” is more like a weekend communist who makes a point of letting everyone know just how much they love communism until people get sick of hearing about it.

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      7 months ago

      Quite the opposite. It’s blanket opposition to capitalism often in an aggressive manner, mostly in support of countries who are closer to fascism than communism like Russia and China.

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          7 months ago

          It’s actually a term coined by British communists to describe the chuds who supported the Soviets sending tanks into the Hungarian revolt in ‘56.

          But the Tiananmen Square massacre just goes to further show how fucked up ML is and its hatred for the people.