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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I had a Tankie get mad at me yesterday for supporting "Big Ag" by joking about Trump saying he would bring down egg prices and I should stop posting about silly nonsense.

In c/Funny@sh.itjust.works.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Lemmy users, known for their exquisite brand of humor.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, that was some baffling shit. Makes me wonder if it's some sort of bot.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, if they define communist as USSR and China, then yes, I would fit the description

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We are all anti communist reactionaries on this blessed day

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I finally blocked that account because fuck that guy

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah he's annoying. Also he's just the run of the mill tankie, and called me an "anti-communist" despite literally being in the community rules that this is a socialist space, lmfao.

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

hey, I remember this loser! Dessalines banned me from !asklemmy@lemmy.ml for linking sources disproving his genocide denialism about Uyghurs

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a large amount of rhetoric out there meant to narrow down opinion into more narrow common groups, both for self-ide tity, and for applying to other people. You're either a tankie or a tech-bro; they're either a libtard or a maga-nut.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people put too much stock into labeling themselves. I could probably get more specific with my identity but communist is close enough and if we need to get more specific than that we can talk about the specifics about what I actually believe.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would consider a communist identity if it weren't for the major examples of communism in application and how poorly people were treated. Can I consider communism but reject Stalinism and Maoism?

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those were not communism, not even socialism. Just state capitalism. Yes, you can consider communism without either of those joke ideologies.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago

Who should I read after Marx/Angels. Anyth8ng newer?