My only question is if they’re tankies then why even leave Reddit? That’s like a stoner moving to a state where weeds legal then leaving because there’s too much weed.

[–] Cynosure@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because free software aligns with leftist ideals?

[–] varzaman@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Leftists aren’t tankies. Tankies are specifically pro USSR.

A pro authoritarian state. That’s why they are called tankies after all lol.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I think this is a matter of all tankies are leftists but not all leftists are tankies.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

I disagree...

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dont even know what tankies want. Or where they live.

[–] sauerkraus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not sure if that was a joke or a sincere lack of familiarity. What tankies want is a restoration and supremacy of the USSR to spread what they called communism.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, Im just not familiar with them. I keep seeing people referring to them, but never saying exactly what their deal is. Even back on reddit.

[–] sauerkraus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The name comes from the USSR’s practice of deploying tanks to crush dissent.

[–] Adi2121@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I believe the specific moment was when the USSR used tanks to crack down on peaceful protesters in Czechoslovakia; supporters were called tankies.

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tankies are pro-authoritarian but not pro-corporate.

Lemmy's creators were part of a community that got banned IIRC (ChapoTrapHouse)