It feels like the early days of the internet!!!!
It feels like the early days of the internet!!!!
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My only question is if they’re tankies then why even leave Reddit? That’s like a stoner moving to a state where weeds legal then leaving because there’s too much weed.
7 0 ReplyBecause free software aligns with leftist ideals?
10 0 ReplyLeftists aren’t tankies. Tankies are specifically pro USSR.
A pro authoritarian state. That’s why they are called tankies after all lol.
12 0 ReplyI think this is a matter of all tankies are leftists but not all leftists are tankies.
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I disagree...
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I dont even know what tankies want. Or where they live.
4 0 ReplyNot sure if that was a joke or a sincere lack of familiarity. What tankies want is a restoration and supremacy of the USSR to spread what they called communism.
4 0 ReplyNah, Im just not familiar with them. I keep seeing people referring to them, but never saying exactly what their deal is. Even back on reddit.
3 0 ReplyThe name comes from the USSR’s practice of deploying tanks to crush dissent.
7 0 ReplyI believe the specific moment was when the USSR used tanks to crack down on peaceful protesters in Czechoslovakia; supporters were called tankies.
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Tankies are pro-authoritarian but not pro-corporate.
Lemmy's creators were part of a community that got banned IIRC (ChapoTrapHouse)
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