GertrudGoethe ( GertrudGoethe@feddit.org ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 months agoSpain has banned Francoist symbols. So why is the country still full of kitsch cafes glorifying the dictator?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up168
arrow-up168external-linkSpain has banned Francoist symbols. So why is the country still full of kitsch cafes glorifying the dictator?www.theguardian.comGertrudGoethe ( GertrudGoethe@feddit.org ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squarejenesaisquoi ( jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoI sometimes go to a place that has Marxist symbols, doesn’t mean I’m a tankie. It’s just a nice place with chill people.
minus-square🦄🦄🦄 ( Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoDoes Marxist imply tankie? I was under the impression that some Leninism was needed for that. Edit: yep. Marxists are not tankies
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk ( SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt’s 2026, everyone is either a Zionist, anti-semite, tankie, racist, misogynist or homophobe.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi ( jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoLet’s just say people see Marx and Engels and immediately jump to Stalinism.
I sometimes go to a place that has Marxist symbols, doesn’t mean I’m a tankie. It’s just a nice place with chill people.
Does Marxist imply tankie? I was under the impression that some Leninism was needed for that.
Edit: yep. Marxists are not tankies
It’s 2026, everyone is either a Zionist, anti-semite, tankie, racist, misogynist or homophobe.
Let’s just say people see Marx and Engels and immediately jump to Stalinism.