What's with people saying they want to live in North Korea? Dictatorships aren't "based" dude. They give lefties a bad rep. Edit: Sorry y'all, I was a bit rude earlier. I had a bad day yesterday and I was a bit mean. Tbh I probably should have phrased my post a bit differently. So basically, can someone who is a "tankie" explain the ideology a bit? I really don't know much about it, and I suppose my gut anarchist feelings were a bit hostile to any sort of authority. Thanks in advance!
You remember how 4chan plotted that dumb social gaslighting scheme to make people more fash by posing as former leftists or liberals online and claiming that 'multiculturalism, feminism, pronouns' made them more right wing, and that the aim was to normalise the transition so people would more readily slide into reaction?
I get the same shitty feeling dealing with (some) MLs online: this often touted claim that they used to be anarchists but then they 'grew up' and read the holy scripture and whatever the fuck. All the while chanting 'left unity', but continuing to denigrate and undermine us in this insidious little way. Fact is, if you thought you were an anarchist and reading a little bit of Lenin or Mao was all it took to sway you, you were never an anarchist.
Obviously people's understandings can change over time and with experience, but I would advise you keep an eye out, because whenever you see someone say something like 'I used to be anarchist/libsoc. etc.' it's almost always against a backdrop of criticism of their ideas.