stumbled across it while researching LoRa mesh networking of all things

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this whole paper is peak comedy

  • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Tankie is not a term for a hard line Stalinist. A tankie CAN be a hard line Stalinist. But it's more accurately described as anyone vaguely left wing who does not unquestionably believe State Department propaganda.

    • Egon [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      It used to be a hard line Stalinist descriptor though. Back in 2020 it might still have meant something like that. The word entered common public vocabulary pretty recently and has quickly devolved in meaning since then

      • Ildsaye [they/them]
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        5 months ago

        The first time I saw Social Justice Warrior in use, it hadn't yet been appropriated by the right. At the time, it referred to what we today call an online larper or clout chaser with left aesthetics