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minus-squareHeavybell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoAFAIK a tankie is someone who is a fan of authoritarian communism or socialism… I forget which but the key part is the authoritarianism part, I think.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah, they’re fans of the so-called “communism” of authoritarian countries like China and the USSR, which are about as communist as the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea is democratic or a republic.
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoOkay, gotcha. Tankie == historical communist. Tankie =/= neosocialist.
AFAIK a tankie is someone who is a fan of authoritarian communism or socialism… I forget which but the key part is the authoritarianism part, I think.
Yeah, they’re fans of the so-called “communism” of authoritarian countries like China and the USSR, which are about as communist as the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea is democratic or a republic.
Okay, gotcha. Tankie == historical communist. Tankie =/= neosocialist.