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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.

A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.

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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't be pro worker and pro China, the literal sweatshop nation.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tankies go out of their way to defend an absolute hereditary monarchy just because the Kim Dynasty says they are communist, defending China is nothing in comparison. They are the same kind of idiots as the ones that fell for the "Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei" (socialist workers party) part of the NSAPD's (aka Nazi party) name.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

North Korea isn't a monarchy. It's a necrocracy. Officially the first Kim is still leader, despite being dead.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a theocracy with extra steps

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It has layers, like onions, and green ogres.