I noticed people started to use the idea of “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to just be completely irresponsible and just stop trying at all. I don’t think the point of that is to give up completely lol

    • BeanBoy [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      You want universal healthcare? Can’t do that. Sounds like a tankie thing to say.

      • Dessa [she/her]
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        11 months ago

        They use "tankie" because they don't like to think that anyone could be to the left of them. The libs who call themselves leftists but support NATO and oppose protests that interrupt their morning commute are the ones that use tankie the MOST

        • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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          11 months ago

          It also lets them say "commie" without saying it, and thus without sounding rhetorically identical to the far right. This lets them preserve their delusion that they have a distinct (and left wing) political position.

    • Gaia [She/Her]@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      I kinda got pretty fuckin sad when this happened because like

      It does pertain to some very specific kinds of leftists, generally the ones who are uneducated and authoritarian. But now it just gets used as a prejorative for any leftist who is willing to match rightwing violence with leftwing violence.

      Like, if you just let right wingers do violence because "freeze peach" and you constantly hamper left wingers' actions, you cannot expect any other outcome than the right wing seizing control in an authoritarian manner.

      There is only one cure for fascism, and that's armor-penetrating rounds. That being said, you can obviously take action without your little armalite at your side, but at this point it really should be disruptive.

    • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Was always a chauvinist left-punching term from day one. Wasn't "co-opted" so much as "went viral for its intended purpose"

    • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      yes, I do want to send in military force to crush anti-semitic pogroms in Hungary. I am literally the worst person politically, ever