Kick tankies out of 196lemmy.blahaj.zoneimage Cassa ( @Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone • 11 months ago message-square250fedilinkarrow-up1900
arrow-up1900imageKick tankies out of 196lemmy.blahaj.zone Cassa ( @Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone • 11 months ago message-square250fedilink
minus-square CaptKoala ( @CaptKoala@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-211 months 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-square photonic_sorcerer ( @photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoTankies are ‘communists’ ala Mao and Stalin, i.e. okay with the violent opression of democratic movements and minorities.
minus-square OurToothbrush ( @OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink3•11 months agohttps://youtu.be/LcJ5NrJtQ8g?si=mOa-prQldsGdK7s4
minus-square sapient [they/them] ( @sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub ) linkfedilink3•11 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
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.
https://youtu.be/LcJ5NrJtQ8g?si=mOa-prQldsGdK7s4
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie