• WideningGyro [any]
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        1 year ago

        I'd love for you to explain exactly what you mean by "tankie"

        • HornyOnMain
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          1 year ago

          Tankies are people who main Roadhog, Reinhardt or DVa

        • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          I think it means someone who likes doing whippets, not sure why they're bringing it up here tho

        • IceWallowCum [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          It's always just leftists who aren't western brand "leftists", i.e. completely averse to action and change.

          Libs will demonize all forms of action and analysis of oppression and then wonder why things just keep getting worse despite them doing a lot of useless, performative things. In the lack of a correct theory, it always comes down to "it's those damn Asians!!!!"

          • ThereRisesARedStar [she/her, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            The point is it tankie is an amorphous McCarthyist insult. No one knows exactly what you're saying because most of the people who use it aren't on exactly the same page. I've been called a tankie for supporting Cuba's new family code and the intensely democratic process behind it and for saying the taean work system is a good system.

          • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            We really don't know. Unless your definition is someone who supported the Soviet Union sending in tanks to put down the coup in Hungary, then its pretty devoid of meaning

          • Flinch [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            buddy, we're already on Hexbear, that's how federation works

      • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The pure (libertarian) socialists' ideological anticipations remain untainted by existing practice. They do not explain how the manifold functions of a revolutionary society would be organized, how external attack and internal sabotage would be thwarted, how bureaucracy would be avoided, scarce resources allocated, policy differences settled, priorities set, and production and distribution conducted. Instead, they offer vague statements about how the workers themselves will directly own and control the means of production and will arrive at their own solutions through creative struggle. No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except the ones that succeed.

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