what now

  • Zoift [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Be gentle, and don't let dumbasses push sectarian nonsense. MoreTankieAntiwork is going to be a more effective pipeline if it's at least cordial to the existing Antiwork sub vibes, just with more Parenti & Lenin.

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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        3 years ago

        in this house we believe

        anarchists are tankies

        marxist-leninists are left-libertarians

        liberalism is a coherent ideology

        compromise with fascists is necessary

        socialist entryism is possible but people simply don't want it

        electoral politics is the be-all and end-all of activism

        defunding the police only means that they have to buy store brand cheetos

        everything should be measured in terms of "cost to individual taxpayers" with the fuzziest math possible

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        If you concede to "tankie" meaning anything at all, yes. Redditors will even call some anarchists "tankies", though. Depends on how it's moderated, I suppose.

        Regardless, he's right that it will be more effective if the vibe stays similar, and you at least cut away sectarianism when it's just devoid-of-fact arguing.

        • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah, to the vast majority of people who actually use "tankie" as an insult, it just means anyone left of Joe Biden

      • Zoift [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yes, but if they're going to do it it's better to try to avoid becoming r/KronstadtArgumentEmporium immediately.

      • effervescent [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        It’s Reddit. It’s more about consuming the same information in the aesthetic you prefer