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Tankies are auth left. They support the policies of Stalin, the CCP, et al and are staunch soviet union defenders and revisionists. It’s an old term from the 80s in the UK
Leftism does its best to tear down hierarchies, tankies have a problem with the way economics are handled, and the existing hierarchies, but that’s only because they want to be the ones in charge of both.
CCP and Kremlin propaganda is dividing their geopolitical rivals however they can. Old vs young (boomers), police vs citizen, left vs right, rural vs urban, men vs women, etc.
It’s called divide and conquer, which is an old tactic that turns out to be very effective when you can have LLMs masquerade as citizens of the country you want to destroy.
You think people hate cops or these other divisions exist because of CCP and Kremlin propaganda? They may emphasize them but they’re caused by real issues and grievances. Marginalized communities have hated cops forever, way before internet propaganda, for example.
The same way you can be small-government and right – by embracing an inherent contradiction.
Mostly, the tankies do so by apologizing for any and all bad behavior by self-professed anticapitalist states like the Soviets or PRC. Or by framing western democracies as the bad guys in every possible situation.
Authoritarian, not authoritative. The 20th century has a lot of history of authoritarian communist regimes, which would be standardly classified as left. It may not be the most appealing version of left politics, and it is just one version of communism, but it is still a version of those things.
Tankies are auth left. They support the policies of Stalin, the CCP, et al and are staunch soviet union defenders and revisionists. It’s an old term from the 80s in the UK
A planned state economy isn’t a leftist ideal.
Leftism does its best to tear down hierarchies, tankies have a problem with the way economics are handled, and the existing hierarchies, but that’s only because they want to be the ones in charge of both.
And so people that are anti-cop are Stalinists? That’s how it seems to be used.
CCP and Kremlin propaganda is dividing their geopolitical rivals however they can. Old vs young (boomers), police vs citizen, left vs right, rural vs urban, men vs women, etc.
It’s called divide and conquer, which is an old tactic that turns out to be very effective when you can have LLMs masquerade as citizens of the country you want to destroy.
You think people hate cops or these other divisions exist because of CCP and Kremlin propaganda? They may emphasize them but they’re caused by real issues and grievances. Marginalized communities have hated cops forever, way before internet propaganda, for example.
Noooo no no no. We’re all anti cop. They are anti west.
How can one be authoritative and left?
Like militant inclusivists?
The same way you can be small-government and right – by embracing an inherent contradiction.
Mostly, the tankies do so by apologizing for any and all bad behavior by self-professed anticapitalist states like the Soviets or PRC. Or by framing western democracies as the bad guys in every possible situation.
Authoritarian, not authoritative. The 20th century has a lot of history of authoritarian communist regimes, which would be standardly classified as left. It may not be the most appealing version of left politics, and it is just one version of communism, but it is still a version of those things.