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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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[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's most annoying about this is Dessalines acting as if Muslims are a monolith (which itself is lowkey racist and dehumanizing to treat entire demographics as monoliths) and as if dictators speak for their people. Have they never considered the possibility that Muslim countries haven't denounced the genocide because their leaders have material incentives to deny it? I mean lord knows the US has officially denied genocides for the sake of geopolitical self-interest.

Plus, we have extensive satellite imagery of these concentration camps. This site shows details on almost 400 concentration camps, all clearly visible as prison-like facilities. I just clicked a random one and got this:

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

Man, I'm starting to think this platform ain't for me. Lots of unhinged folks here.

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

Same. Authoritarian propaganda from the CCP and Kremlin nonstop.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

lemm.ee has a fairly open federation policy, no? That's probably a factor. I don't see nearly that much.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having level-headed social opinions is not a requirement for being a good software dev. We need to stop judging these people for having opinions that have absolutely nothing to do with their purpose.

These people are better than you.

Get fucked.

Sincerely,

Notch, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, John Carmack, Hans Reiser and every other programmer who puts their code in front of your feelings.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

These people are better than you

Being willing to code as a hobby is not something I would consider makes someone "better than me."