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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'm just as much a socialist as you, but all of my positions conveniently line up with the US State Department's and the only through line is violently enforcing white supremacy. Stand back while I use the word "tankie" smuglord

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'd honestly respect people more if they just admitted to being social democrats or liberals instead of trying to be this halfway house thing of socialism/communism with liberal democratic characteristics. Very common here on Lemmy.

As far as I can tell, the tankies are the ones whose ideas line up most closely with real world communist organisations. I can't think of any serious communist parties that are anti-China, anti-USSR, pro-NATO, and so on.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Chomkyism ruined the single digit probability the USA had fir a revolution.

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