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minus-squareCaptKoala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThen there’s folks like me who have no idea what the term means, you’re not alone in your confusion. Edit: thanks for all the replies folks! TIL
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoTankies are ‘communists’ ala Mao and Stalin, i.e. okay with the violent opression of democratic movements and minorities.
minus-squareAutistoMephisto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAt the end of the day, who gets to decide what the ideal “Worker’s Paradise” looks like? You? Me? Tankies are convinced that their vision is correct and will broker no compromise
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAny ‘Worker’s Paradise’ wherin the freedom of speech is curtailed and protestors are shot in the streets isn’t one I want to live in.
minus-squaresapient [they/them]@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agohttps://youtu.be/LcJ5NrJtQ8g?si=mOa-prQldsGdK7s4
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/LcJ5NrJtQ8g?si=mOa-prQldsGdK7s4 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Then there’s folks like me who have no idea what the term means, you’re not alone in your confusion.
Edit: thanks for all the replies folks! TIL
Tankies are ‘communists’ ala Mao and Stalin, i.e. okay with the violent opression of democratic movements and minorities.
At the end of the day, who gets to decide what the ideal “Worker’s Paradise” looks like? You? Me? Tankies are convinced that their vision is correct and will broker no compromise
Any ‘Worker’s Paradise’ wherin the freedom of speech is curtailed and protestors are shot in the streets isn’t one I want to live in.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
https://youtu.be/LcJ5NrJtQ8g?si=mOa-prQldsGdK7s4
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/LcJ5NrJtQ8g?si=mOa-prQldsGdK7s4
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.