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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And you can be a tankie without being a communist considering how many of them simp for Xi and China. Basically it is just pro-dictatorship with a very thin socialist façade.

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The thing that sets off alarm bells in my head for "Tankie but not communist" is someone who uncritically upholds Russia and/or Iran. Take, for instance, one Caleb Maupin. A guy who calls himself a Marxist, but hangs out with noted fascist Alexander Dugin, and was recently outed as a creepy sex pest.

[–] ReaganMcDonald@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

At least the tankies aren't delusional enough to think that one man is running a country of over 1.4 billion people