2026-10-10 04:34 UTC
The “tankie” part. If you’re on the left and don’t vote for Democrats, you’ll smeared with the same brush.
It’s a meaningless snarl word used by your enemies. Embrace it at your own risk.
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@andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2026-10-10 04:49
Honestly, I was just letting out my frustration with some folks in another comment section who were proudly insisting that I wasn’t a real enough leftist unless I simp for strongmen. I’ll still march alongside you (and them too).
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@key95@lemmy.world 2026-10-10 07:37
No, while the term “tankie” is used diversely, and some probably use it as you described, the essence of the term is simply a supporter of old school authoritarian “communism”. Think Marxist-Lennist ideologies as experienced under and in the post-Stalin soviets. Tankies love to downplay N Korea’s crimes, as if if denouncing both South and North political establishments is impossible.