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Why do people call everyone tankies (lemmygrad.ml)
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I'm sure this is a super common question but why do people (generally liberals or sometimes people on the left) call basically everyone who mildly agree with current more authoritarian leaning socialist states tankies

I wouldn't nessicarily call myself a tankie but I can also fully understand why people feel that label fits them when so many people call so many perspectives tankie perspectives and just shove them in a corner

Not sure if that makes sense as a question but I hope it does

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[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

No idea where the link to socialism comes from though.

From actually existing socialist nations and not from LARP newspaper orgs or chauvinistic anarchists who have yet to form an actual socialist project that is both successful and lasting.