Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml to Slop.@hexbear.net · 5 months agoThe sheer historical revisionism that the anti-communist left does whenever the Black Panthers are mentioned!hexbear.netimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1imageThe sheer historical revisionism that the anti-communist left does whenever the Black Panthers are mentioned!hexbear.netSaymaz@lemmygrad.ml to Slop.@hexbear.net · 5 months agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todayBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoMost Tankies are MLs but not every ML is a Tankie.
minus-squareBlakey [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoSo it’s a meaningless term. Good to know.
minus-squareCowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months ago“Tankie” is just a pejorative for “supports existing socialism.” It means absolutely nothing of substance.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todayBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareCowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoMarxists aren’t “brutalizing workers into accepting socialism.” This is a copium answer from people who can’t understand that socialism exists in real life, and is genuinely liberating for the working classes.
Most Tankies are MLs but not every ML is a Tankie.
So it’s a meaningless term. Good to know.
“Tankie” is just a pejorative for “supports existing socialism.” It means absolutely nothing of substance.
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Marxists aren’t “brutalizing workers into accepting socialism.” This is a copium answer from people who can’t understand that socialism exists in real life, and is genuinely liberating for the working classes.