what actually is a tankie? I mean I just have an appreciation for the engineering that goes into mechanical stuff like tanks, helicopters and jets…but not cars
It means exactly the same thing that “commie” meant during the cold war, it’s just an updated version to for people who don’t want to sound like red scare era boomers.
what actually is a tankie? I mean I just have an appreciation for the engineering that goes into mechanical stuff like tanks, helicopters and jets…but not cars
It’s a pejorative for Marxists, usually Marxist-Leninists, in the same vein as “commie,” “pinko,” and “red.” That’s about it.
It means exactly the same thing that “commie” meant during the cold war, it’s just an updated version to for people who don’t want to sound like red scare era boomers.