The word has lost all meaning
Tankies are people who support the Soviet intervention in Hungary in 1956
I have no opinion at all on that coz I know nothing about it.
It was the one good thing corn boy did.
Hungarian fascists were ready to massacre Hungarian Jews and Communists with West-provided arms.
I wonder sometimes if I'm supposed to have an opinion on that
"he's a tankie, because he won't go at the rate of revisionism that we want him to!"
I will tell you a secret
Khrushchev is seen positively in the middle east including by people who did support the USSR and people who didn't support communism due to stuff like the triple alliance on egypt and the USSR's role in helping cuba and Egypt ,the other reason is that propaganda against him is way less prevalent than the likes of Stalin and Mao
"While addressing the Western states at the embassy on November 18, 1956, in the presence of communist Polish politician Władysław Gomułka (with Poland being a Soviet-influenced satellite state at the time), Nikita Khrushchev said:
About the capitalist states, it doesn't depend on you whether or not we exist. If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations, and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you![4][5]The speech prompted the envoys from twelve NATO nations and Israel to leave the room.[4][5][6]:"
from Wikipedia lol
For all the revisionism of de-stalinization, most of that was propaganda. The economic and international policy of the USSR barely changed as a result of Khruschchyov. Cool analysis of this in "Is the red flag flying", by Albert Szymanski, looking at several economic and social indicators and arguing this as a conclusion.
The economic and international policy of the USSR barely changed as a result of Khruschchyov
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I always thought there was an additional flavor of "tanks rolling through Tiananmen square"
yeah true it has that association too
It was funny a year or two ago when the mainstream wanted to send tanks to Ukraine, and people who opposed tanks were 'tankies'
Nah but there is an additional flavor of rooting for Pravda in the sensha-do world championships — I mean, did you see that ludicrous display last night‽
I literally got called a tankie for talking about imperialism once because “tankies use that word all the time”. Just pure vibes. I considered myself an anarchist at the time.
it's sad watching people repeat history and it's depressing when the people who could benefit the most from it fight the hardest for it; i think that's something both that leftists and liberals could agree on.
