When a liberal says "tankie" they mean anything remotely communist-looking. When a leftist says "tankie", they mean authoritarians who like red flags and self-proclaimed communists who nonetheless support hierarchies and have no plan or intention to bring them down. I think the vast majority of people here knows this already.

[–] proletariatnerd@iusearchlinux.fyi 32 points 2 years ago

I think the vast majority of people here knows this already.

You are way optimistic.

[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mostly True, while (at least in my part of the world) there are a lot of people who like red flags but fight against hierarchies.

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

There are plenty of Marxists and Marxist-derived socialists who aren't Tankies.

They just don't make up the majority.