• cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 minutes ago

      None of them are communists, they’re Tankies, tankies = authoritarians

      • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        10 minutes ago

        I think saying Tankies aren’t Communists is a bit like saying Sword Art Online isn’t an anime.

        Just because they suck doesn’t remove them from the category. In fact acknowledging the sucky parts of a <thing> is part of being grown up about that thing.

        • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 minute ago

          Well they’re more like Authoritarian “Communists”, the theory of communism doesn’t require human rights violations and restrictions of freedoms.

          But the only examples of communism in practice, and the only ones they praise and defend fervently, are places with authoritarian regimes like China.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

          Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical. It is commonly used by anti-authoritarian leftists, including anarchists, libertarian socialists, left communists, democratic socialists, and reformists to criticise Leninism, although the term has seen increasing use by liberal and right‐wing factions as well.